Netta

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Netta | image = redcrested.pochard.arp.750pix.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = Red-crested Pochard | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Anseriformes | familia = Anatidae | genus = Netta | genus_authority = Kaup, 1829 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =

}} Netta is a genus of diving ducks. It is restricted to the Old World. Unlike other diving ducks, the Netta species are reluctant to dive, and feed more like dabbling ducks.

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 ducks 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 genetic analysis to be closely related to the Red-crested Pochard so has now been transferred to the same genus, as Netta caryophyllacea.fr:Netta lt:Šalminės antys

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