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What is this?? (1 Viewer)
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midlands birder
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dodgy mallard hydrid 
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james holdsworth
Consulting Biologist
Or is it just leucistic?
The term I've heard thrown around is mudy duck, because wild ducks can hybridise and so can domesticated, the term given to any duck not of a clearly defined wild species, due to it's various possible ancestors is mudy duck, as in it's as clar as mud what that is.
Probably some mallard in there though.
Probably some mallard in there though.
The Cumbrian
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I can't cl;aim to be an expert but to me it is more likely to be leucistic/partial albino/some other genetic irregularity. I have had some experience of farm yard ducks and hybrids and have never seen vaguely one like this.
YourBirdOasis
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I saw this same picture on another forum and I am of the opinion that this is a leucistic male Mallard and not a hybrid.
stevethehydra
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Head looks small and general build "chunky" for wild-type mallard, suggesting domestic (possibly "Call Duck" type) ancestry. Probably nothing in it other than platyrhynchos, tho.
I was thinking Call Duck too, but then started to wonder if it wasn’t just a matter of the angle (head & bill look small because turned away from the observer)? But however this may be, I agree, pure platyrhynchos not a hybrid
