Zhangye, Gansu: Red-Crested Pochards Establish Residency in Wetlands
January 29, 2020, a flock of red-crested pochard and khaki-bellied ducks were foraging in the water of the Ganzhou District Urban Wetland Park in Zhangye City, Gansu Province.
Red-crested pochard is a deep-water bird species, skilled at tucking its wings underwater and rarely calls. It usually overwinters in southern Europe, northern Africa or coastal areas and large lakes in China, Japan, etc. It was listed in the 2013 Red List of Endangered Species by the World Conservation Union (Yang Yongwei's photo
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