The bird is a Common Pochard (Aythya ferina) (I think!).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference

The globally threatened ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca) is also a resident of the basin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Po Basin mixed forests] Reference

The search for the Madagascar pochard Aythya innotata: survey of Lac Alaotra, Madagascar October-November, 1989.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Madagascar pochard returns] Reference

It contains the only nesting site in Italy of pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus), and is also home to the globally threatened ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca).    From Wordnik.com.  [Po Basin mixed forests] Reference

In the wetlands, both the Alaotra little grebe (Tachybaptus rufolavatus) and the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata), are considered critically endangered and may be extinct.    From Wordnik.com.  [Madagascar subhumid forests] Reference

Two species are largely confined to open water habitats of the area's numerous lakes: the nationally endangered southern crested grebe Podiceps sp. and the endemic New Zealand scaup Aythya novaeseelandiae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Te Wahipounamu (South-West New Zealand World Heritage Area), New Zealand] Reference

The reserve is the only nesting place in Bulgaria for black cormorants Phalacrocorax carbo (90-540 pairs) and ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca (V: 60 pairs), and is the largest wintering ground for red-breasted goose Branta ruficollis (V: 20-50 pairs).    From Wordnik.com.  [Srebarna Nature Reserve, Bulgaria] Reference

A number of globally threatened bird species migrate through, nest or winter in this area, including the Dalmation pelican (Pelecanus crispus), pygmy cormorant (Phalacrocorax pygmaeus), white-headed duck (Oxyura leucocephala) and ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca).    From Wordnik.com.  [Euxine-Colchic deciduous forests] Reference

Other wintering wetland birds include the threatened marbled teal Marmoronetta angustirostris, ferruginous duck Aythya nyroca, and corncrake, Crex crex; also high numbers of green-winged teal Anas crecca, northern pintail Anas acuta, northern shoveler Anas clypeata and black-winged stilt Himantopus himantopus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ichkeul National Park, Tunisia] Reference

The destruction and degradation of Mediterranean wetlands threaten widespread species occurring in the hotspot such as the Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus, VU), which winters in the eastern parts of the hotspot, as well as marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris, VU) and ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca).    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Mediterranean Basin] Reference

Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata), by hatching eight ducklings in.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to New Chameleon Species Discovered In East Africa] Reference

The Madagascar Pochard Aythya innotata was until recently listed as Critically Endangered (Possibly Extinct).    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-11-01] Reference

The lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) is a migratory diving duck and popular gamebird that breeds in the Prairie Pothole Region from the U.S. Midwest northward through much the boreal forest of Canada and Alaska.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Here we used hydrogen isotopes (δD) to determine natal origins of migrating hatch-year lesser scaup (Aythya affinis) harvested by hunters in the United States from all North American flyways during the hunting seasons of.    From Wordnik.com.  [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference

Antananarivo, Madagascar - British and American conservationists have taken a big step toward saving the world's rarest duck species, the Madagascar pochard (Aythya innotata), by hatching eight ducklings in captivity, reports said.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference

Winter resident birds also include many species such as American white pelicans (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos), American bitterns (Botaurus lentiginosus), ring-necked ducks (Aythya collaris), northern shovelers (Anas clypeata), and ruddy ducks (Oxyura jamaicensis).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mexican South Pacific Coast mangroves] Reference

In addition to supporting most of the above wildlife in dense numbers, it is home to lesser scaups (Aythya affinis), pintails (Anis acuta), scoters (Melanitta spp.), and widgeons (Anis spp.), as well as 15-20 percent of the canvasback (Aythya valisineria) population.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interior Alaska-Yukon lowland taiga] Reference

Other waterbirds include shoveler (Anas clypeata), teal (A. crecca), wigeon (A. penelope), garganey (A. querquedula), grey heron (Ardea cinerea), pochard (Aythya ferina), ferruginous duck (A. nyroca), Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), and cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo).    From Wordnik.com.  [Nile Delta flooded savanna] Reference

Approximately 500,000 garganey (Anas querquedula) and up to 200,000 pintail (Anas acuta) winter here, along with large numbers of ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca), white-winged tern (Chlidonias leucopterus), ruff (Philomachus pugnax), black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) and other waterbirds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Inner Niger Delta flooded savanna] Reference

So if you have spare money kicking around and feel like making my life easier … Anyway, so by now the cat is out of the bag, and the news isn’t news anymore anyway: the Madagascar pochard Aythya innotata, supposed extinct since 1992 (when the ‘last’ specimen died in captivity), has been rediscovered.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Madagascar pochard returns] Reference

Scaup, Lesser Aythya affinis 94.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Redhead Aythya americana 94, 119.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Madagascar pochard Aythya innotata.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Madagascar pochard returns] Reference

Canvasback Aythya valisineria 70, 119.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Duck, Ring-necked Aythya collaris 94, 168.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Aythya affinis) broods in the boreal Northwest Territories, Canada.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Aythya affinis) during spring migration in the Mississippi flyway: A test of the spring condition hypothesis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Aythya affinis) harvested by hunters in the United States from all North American flyways during the hunting seasons of 1999-2000 (n = 412) and 2000-2001 (n = 455).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Other characteristic species include great rosefinch (Carpodacus rubicilla), Guldenstadts’ redstart (Phoenicurus erythrogaster), gadwall (Anas strepera), whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus), common pochard (Aythya ferina), Greater Scaup (A. marila), common goldeneye (Bucephala clangula), and Dalmatian pelican (Pelicanus crispus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Caucasus mixed forests] Reference

Aythya baeri.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ussuri-Wusuli meadow and forest meadow] Reference

Aythya affinis).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Aythya affinis) in poor body condition?.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Most numerous are waterfowl birds: swans (Cygnus olor, Cygnus cygnus), Grey geese (Anser anser) ducks and pochards (Anas platyrhynchos, A. strepera, A. acuta, A. clypeata, A. querquedula, Aythya ferin, Netta rufina, Aythya fuligula), and other species (Fulica atra, Podiceps, Larus, Sterna, Chlidonias, Gelochelidon, Pelecani formes, Charadriiformes).    From Wordnik.com.  [Kazakh upland] Reference