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Hybrid Duck? China (1 Viewer)
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MJB
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stevethehydra
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This doesn't look like RCP to me but like a hybrid Anas duck. The two-tone head is typical of a few hybrid combinations. This one reminds me both of some Gadwall x Mallard hybrids (although as it seems only slightly if at all larger than Garganey, that combination seems unlikely in this case) and of Blue-Winged x Green-winged/Eurasian Teal hybrids (especially with what looks like 2 patches of more tan/ochre kind of colour within the white part of the face - but I guess location makes BWT involvement unlikely (unless they are known as vagrants to China?)).
I couldn't find any pictures online of hybrids involving Garganey, but that could be a possibility - if Garganey is one parent, the other is likely to be something with a dark head (Mallard, Shoveler, Pintail, etc).
I couldn't find any pictures online of hybrids involving Garganey, but that could be a possibility - if Garganey is one parent, the other is likely to be something with a dark head (Mallard, Shoveler, Pintail, etc).
I have seen both mallard and pintail hybrids with a simlar head pattening. I think shoveller or blue wing teal hybrid x garganey as I would expect any drake ( from the face plumage I assums its a drake ) to show a blueish forewing. Baikal x garganey is a possability or perhaps more likely common teal x garganey. Like Steve I cant see any Red crested pochard features showing here. Such a hybrid I would expect to be larger.
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TLeukering
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Uh, wouldn't the secondaries color and pattern mean that Mallard or Common/Green-winged Teal has to be one of the parents? If the teal is, that would explain the black bill and the fairly limited white in the wing linings, so I vote for one parent being Anas crecca. The size of the bird suggests that the other parent is larger and the fairly sizable bill (along with its color) and the strong reddish aspect below might suggest Northern Shoveler as the other parent (and would solidify the black bill). However, I'd be leery of being too definitive about this one. As noted above, the face pattern does not provide any clues, as it is typical of Anas hybrids.
Adam W
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I agree with that, It looks most like Baikal x Garganey to me but I have no idea how likely that is to occur.
Joern Lehmhus
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