---
title: "Marrecão"
description: "Netta peposaca — Aves. The rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca), alternatively named rosybill or rosybill pochard, is a member of family Anatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/rosy-billed-pochard
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marrecão

> Netta peposaca — Aves. The rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca), alternatively named rosybill or rosybill pochard, is a member of family Anatidae.

- Scientific name: *Netta peposaca*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 4735
- Wikidata: [Q851349](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q851349)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7124](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7124)

## Names

- en: Rosy-billed Pochard
- de: Rosenschnabelente
- es: Pato picazo
- fr: Nette demi-deuil
- nl: Peposaka-eend
- pt: Marrecão
- pl: Hełmiatka różowodzioba

## Countries with the most observations

AR (3998), BR (174), CL (50), UY (31), BO (25), AE (8), DE (7), GB (6), FR (4), NL (3)

## Summary

The rosy-billed pochard (Netta peposaca), alternatively named rosybill or rosybill pochard, is a member of family Anatidae. Though classified as a diving duck, this pochard feeds more like a dabbling duck feeding on seeds roots, sedges, aquatic plants and other grasses. Netta is Ancient Greek for "duck" and peposaca is a transcription of the Guaraní name of this species which means "showy wings", referring to the broad white stripe that is only visible with stretched out wings. Male characteristic features include a bright red bill with a rounded knob at the base.
The rosy-billed pochard is endemic to South America…

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

## Photo

![Marrecão](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/rosy-billed-pochard/medium.jpg)

Photo: ferferrari · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196229787

## Machine access

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