Madagascar Pochard
Aythya innotata
- Critically endangered
- Card rarity: Legendary
- Birds
The Madagascar pochard or Madagascan pochard is an extremely rare diving duck of the genus Aythya. Thought to be extinct in the late 1990s, specimens of the species were rediscovered at Lake Matsaborimena near Bemanevika in Madagascar in 2006. By 2017, a captive breeding program had produced a population of around 90 individuals. The birds were reintroduced to the wild in December 2018.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Aythya