Lucerne Lake View Switzerland Editorial Image

Ducks swimming in Lucerne lake Switzerland.The red-crested pochard Netta rufina is a large diving duck. ts breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and Central Asia, wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa. It is somewhat migratory, and northern birds winter further south into north Africa.nThe adult male is unmistakable. It has a rounded orange head, red bill and black breast. The flanks are white, the back brown, and the tail black