Editing Netta (section)

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Other uses|Netta (disambiguation)}}
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = ''Netta''
| image = Red-crested.pochard.slimbridge.arp.jpg
| image_caption = [[Red-crested pochard]]
| taxon = Netta
| authority = [[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]], 1829
| type_species = ''[[Red-crested pochard|Anas rufina]]''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=14 |title= Anatidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}</ref>
| type_species_authority = Pallas, 1773
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 
* ''[[Netta rufina]]'' <small>(red-crested pochard)</small>
* ''[[Netta erythrophthalma]]'' <small>(southern pochard)</small>
* ''[[Netta peposaca]]'' <small>(rosy-billed pochard)</small>
| synonyms = ''Metopiana''
}}

'''''Netta''''' is a genus of [[diving duck]]s. The name is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] ''Netta'' "duck".<ref name= job90>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher = Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 |page = [https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling/page/n269 269]}}</ref> Unlike other diving ducks, the ''Netta'' species are reluctant to dive, and feed more like [[dabbling duck]]s.

These are gregarious ducks, mainly found on fresh water. They are strong fliers; their broad, blunt-tipped wings require faster wing-beats than those of many ducks and they take off with some difficulty.

They do not walk as well on land as the [[dabbling duck]]s because their legs tend to be placed further back on their bodies to help propel them when underwater.

The probably [[extinct]] [[pink-headed duck]], previously listed as ''Rhodonessa caryophyllacea'', has recently been shown by phylogenetic analysis to be closely related to the [[red-crested pochard]],<ref name=Livezey/> so has now been transferred to the same genus, as ''Netta caryophyllacea''. However, this has been questioned due to numerous and pronounced peculiarities of that species.<ref name=Collar/>