Editing Netta

{{Short description|Genus of birds}}
{{Other uses|Netta (disambiguation)}}
{{Italic title}}
{{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/>

==Species==
There are 3 recognized species.
<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-2498176.html
|title=Netta
|publisher=Hudson Institute of Mineralogy
|website=Mindat.org
}}</ref>
{{Species table |genus=Netta  |authority-name=[[Johann Jakob Kaup|Kaup]]|authority-year= 1829 |species-count=three|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}

{{Species table/row
|name=Southern pochard |binomial=[[Netta erythrophthalma]]
|image=File:Southern Pochard (Netta erythrophthalma) RWD1.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Netta erythrophthalma Germany01.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Wied-Neuwied |authority-year=1833 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= South America, Africa
|range-image=File:Netta erythrophthalma map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}

{{Species table/row
|name=Rosy-billed pochard |binomial=[[Netta peposaca]]
|image=File:Rosy-billed Pochard (Netta peposaca) RWD.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Netta peposaca 9zz.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Vieillot |authority-year=1816 |authority-not-original=yes
|range=  South America
|range-image=File:Netta peposaca map.svg
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
|direction=
|subspecies=
}}

{{Species table/row
|name=Red-crested pochard |binomial=[[Netta rufina]]
|image=File:Red-crested-pochard.JPG|image-size=180px |image-alt=|image-caption=Male
|image2 =File:Netta rufina (female), London Wetland Centre, UK - Diliff.jpg|image2-caption=Female
|authority-name=Pallas |authority-year=1773 |authority-not-original=yes
|range= Europe, central/south Asia, northern Africa
|range-image=File:NettaRufinaIUCNverz2018 2.png
|range-image-size=180px
|size=
|habitat=
|hunting=
|iucn-status= LC
|population=
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|subspecies=
}}

{{Species table/end}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name=Collar>Collar, N. J.; Andreev, A. V.; Chan, S.; Crosby, M. J.; Subramanya, S. & Tobias, J. A. (eds.) (2001): [http://www.rdb.or.id/view_html.php?id=73&op=rhodcary Pink-headed Duck] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311095312/http://www.rdb.or.id/view_html.php?id=73&op=rhodcary |date=2007-03-11 }}. ''In'':''Threatened Birds of Asia: The BirdLife International Red Data Book'', p.&nbsp;489–501. BirdLife International. {{ISBN|0-946888-44-2}}</ref>

<ref name=Livezey>{{cite journal|author=Livezey, B. C. |year=1998|title= A phylogenetic analysis of modern pochards (Anatidae: Aythini)|journal=[[Auk (journal)|Auk]]|volume=113|issue=1 |pages=74–93|url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v113n01/p0074-p0093.pdf|doi=10.2307/4088937|jstor=4088937 }}</ref>
}}

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