Aythya ferina (Linnaeus, 1758).

Length 46 cm. A diving duck; the male has a distinctive chestnut head and neck; black breast, tail coverts, and rump, grey wings, orange-yellow to red iris, and grey legs. Female and juvenile are generally brown. The Common Pochard spends the winter on large open lakes, slow-flowing rivers, and coastal lagoons. It feeds on seeds, vegetation, roots of aquatic plants, and grasses, in addition to the small invertebrates such as worms and crustaceans, as well as the small frogs and small fish that it catches by diving. It is a common passage migrant and winter visitor to the Nile Valley and Delta.