Editing Pink-headed duck (section)

==Description==
[[File:RhodonessaGronvold.jpg|thumb|left|Male and female as illustrated by [[Henrik Grönvold]]]]
The male pink-headed duck is unmistakable when a good view is had. Both sexes are 41–43&nbsp;cm and long-billed with long necks and peaked heads. The male has a pink bill, head and neck while the female has a pale pinkish head and neck with a paler bill. The black of the body extends as a narrow strip on the front of the neck. Wings have a leading white edge. In flight it would not contrast as much as the syntopic white-winged duck. Wing does not have the dark trailing edge of the [[red-crested pochard]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Rasmussen|first1=P. C. |last2= Anderton|first2=J. C. |year=2005| title= Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide| volume=2|page=78| publisher=Smithsonian Institution & Lynx Editions}}</ref> Confusion with male red-crested pochards stems mainly from observations of swimming birds, as the latter species also has a conspicuous red head (although the color is actually very different from the pink-headed duck). [[Indian spot-billed duck]]s, on the other hand, can look similar to female pink-headed ducks when in flight and seen from a distance, and if seen from behind, they could be mistaken for males too. The upper side of the wing is distinguishing, with dark green [[remiges|secondaries]] (speculum) and prominent white [[remiges|tertiaries]] in the spot-billed duck and a pinkish-beige speculum, much lighter than its surroundings, in the pink-headed duck. If the upper part of the wings cannot be reliably seen, they are all but indistinguishable except to expert observers in good visibility conditions. Young birds had a nearly whitish head without a trace of pink and a mellow two note call ''wugh-ah'' has been attributed to the species.<ref>{{cite book|title=A natural history of the ducks|volume= 1|author=Phillips, John C.|year= 1922|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Company|place= Boston and New York|url=https://archive.org/stream/naturalhistoryof01phil#page/n151/mode/1up|pages=90–93}}</ref> 

Its breeding habitat is lowland [[marsh]]es and pools in tall-grass jungle.<ref name=hbk>{{cite book|last1=Ali|first1=S.|last2=Ripley|first2=S. D. | title=Handbook of the birds of India and Pakistan|edition=2nd|publisher=Oxford University Press|volume= 1|year= 1978 |pages =175–177|isbn=0-19-562063-1 }}</ref> The nest is built amongst grass. The eggs, six or seven in a clutch, are very spherical and creamy white.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Barnes, H. E.|author-link=Henry Edwin Barnes|year=1891| title= Nesting in western India| journal=J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc.|volume=6|issue=3|pages=285–317|url=https://archive.org/stream/ibis03brit#page/249/mode/1up}}</ref> The eggs measure 1.71 to 1.82&nbsp;inches long and 1.61 to 1.7&nbsp;inches wide.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://archive.org/stream/catalogueofcolle02britrich#page/143/mode/1up/|page=143|year=1902| publisher=British Museum|location=London|title=Catalogue of the collections of birds' eggs in the British Museum (Natural History)|first=Eugene W.|last=Oates|volume=II}}</ref> They were believed to have been non-migratory and found singly or in pairs and very rarely in small groups. Pink-headed ducks are believed to have eaten water plants and molluscs.<ref name=baker>{{cite journal|author=Baker, E. C. S. |year=1897| title= Indian ducks and their allies. Part II|journal= J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. |volume=11|issue=2|pages=171–198|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30156890}}</ref> Like ''[[Netta]]'' species, they typically up-ended or dabbled for food and did not dive like a pochard.<ref name=ripley/>