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Common pochard
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<p>The common pochard , known simply as pochard in the United Kingdom, is a medium-sized <a href="/facts/Diving_duck/mw0dJecJ">diving duck</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Anatidae/q9YVQE6w">Anatidae</a>. It is widespread across the <a href="/facts/Palearctic/DqwBQMyP">Palearctic</a>. It breeds primarily in the <a href="/facts/Steppe/IAako607">steppe</a> regions of <a href="/facts/Scandinavia/KpLQ40kl">Scandinavia</a> and <a href="/facts/Siberia/oaCoPEjF">Siberia</a>, and winters further south and west. </p>