---
title: "Southern Pochard"
description: "Netta erythrophthalma — Uccelli. The southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/southern-pochard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Pochard

> Netta erythrophthalma — Uccelli. The southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta.

- Scientific name: *Netta erythrophthalma*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 1103
- Wikidata: [Q269082](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q269082)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7123](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7123)

## Names

- en: Southern Pochard
- de: Rotaugenente
- es: Pato morado
- fr: Nette brune
- nl: Bruine krooneend
- pl: Hełmiatka czerwonooka

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (730), BR (138), TZ (110), BW (16), NA (16), KE (13), ZW (9), MW (6), VE (6)

## Summary

The southern pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) is a species of duck, and a member of the genus Netta. There are two subspecies, the South American (southern) pochard N. e. erythrophthalma (Wied-Neuwied, 1833) and the African (southern) pochard N. e. brunnea (Eyton, 1838).
The South American pochard has a fragmented range and is found from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina to Chile. Here it occurs in a wide variety of shallow fresh waters with submerged vegetation, from the lowlands up to 3,700 metres.
The African pochard occurs from the Cape to the Ethiopian highlands on water bodies…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_pochard

## Photo

![Southern Pochard](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-pochard/medium.jpg)

Photo: Henggang Cui · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/183929772

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-pochard?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).