Baer's pochard females of Baer's pochard and the ferruginous duck are quite similar, but that holds true for the females of almost all "Aythya" species. Eclipse males resemble females, but retain the white eye. Formerly classified as a vulnerable species by the IUCN, recent research shows that its numbers are decreasing more and more rapidly. It was consequently uplisted to endangered status in 2008. In 2012, it was further uplisted to critically endangered. Between 1987 and 2007, there were only eleven reports of groups of 100+ birds in mainland China. A recent census by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) China of Hubei province
Foundling-Bird Foundling-Bird Foundling-Bird is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 51. It is Aarne–Thompson type 313A, the girl helps the hero flee, and revolves about a transformation chase. Others of the type include "The Master Maid", "The Water Nixie", "Nix Nought Nothing", and "The Two Kings' Children". A forester found a baby in a bird's nest and brought him back to be raised with his daughter Lenchen. They called the child Fundevogel or Foundling-Bird, and he and Lenchen loved each other. One day Lenchen saw the cook carrying many buckets of water to the house and asked