HELP ID this strange Duck! (1 Viewer)

Fox Lake · Jun 3, 2005

I am new to this Forum. I have spent some time reading the threads. I see I am not alone in needing help to ID a strange duck. I have lived on this lake in IN, USA for over 20 years and have never seen a duck close to this one here before. It suddenly appeared a few days ago following 3 of the pekin ducks that spend most of their time on this end of the lake. He/?she is mainly black with a white breast that has a few speckles of black. His bill and legs are grey and he has a black crest on the top of his head. The crest sways freely back and forth as he moves his head. He is smaller than the pekins but has similar Dabbling behaviors. I have considered that he is probably a hybrid of some sort. My sister insists that she has seen pictures of this kind of duck somewhere before. He is not shown in my, "Audubon Field Guide to North American Birds - Eastern Region". I have spent many hours looking through files of wild and domestic waterfowl but I have not found a match. I wish I had a better picture but this is as close as I have been able to get so far. I would greatly appreciate any help in identifying this duck. THANK YOU.

Mark D · Jun 3, 2005

Hi,

This is just a form of domestic Mallard. I have had one on my patch here in the UK for a couple of years.

regards
Mark

IanF · Jun 3, 2005

Looks like some type of cross bred domestic duck - sometimes produced as tourist attractors.

I recall one we came across a few years back.

We named it a 'pom-pom duck', but I'm sure there will be a proper name for them - other than Donald

http://www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk/bali.htm
http://www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk/crested.htm
http://www.domestic-waterfowl.co.uk/orp.htm

timmyjones · Jun 3, 2005

Looks like that greylag is laughing at him!

snapper · Jun 3, 2005

Fox Lake said:
I am new to this Forum. I have spent some time reading the threads. I see I am not alone in needing help to ID a strange duck. I have lived on this lake in IN, USA for over 20 years and have never seen a duck close to this one here before. It suddenly appeared a few days ago following 3 of the pekin ducks that spend most of their time on this end of the lake. He/?she is mainly black with a white breast that has a few speckles of black. His bill and legs are grey and he has a black crest on the top of his head. The crest sways freely back and forth as he moves his head. He is smaller than the pekins but has similar Dabbling behaviors. I have considered that he is probably a hybrid of some sort. My sister insists that she has seen pictures of this kind of duck somewhere before. He is not shown in my, "Audubon Field Guide to North American Birds - Eastern Region". I have spent many hours looking through files of wild and domestic waterfowl but I have not found a match. I wish I had a better picture but this is as close as I have been able to get so far. I would greatly appreciate any help in identifying this duck. THANK YOU.

Hi Fox Lake the duck at the rear is a Khaki Campbell the one in front is a White Campbell these are domestic ducks which is really funny if you look at the thread HELP ID WANTED by Steve the ID to his duck is a cross between your two ducks.

Regards Snapper.

CJW · Jun 3, 2005

That's a weird looking specimen, Foxie.
Aren't wildfowl just the most amazing looking creatures? I find their seemingly endless variations nothing less than fascinating.

Stewart J. · Jun 3, 2005

CJW said:
That's a weird looking specimen, Foxie.
Aren't wildfowl just the most amazing looking creatures? I find their seemingly endless variations nothing less than fascinating.

Shame on youuuuuuuuuuuu!

Stewart

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