Hybrid Mallard x Gadwall = Brewers duck - Variability (1 Viewer)

Joern Lehmhus · Feb 16, 2007

Something just for show:

Hybrid variability is making ID sometimes difficult... all these are photos of Hybrids Mallard x Gadwall (The so called Brewer´s duck ,named by J.J.Audubon)

http://www.ofo.ca/photos/images/2007birdphotos/brewersduckpp.jpg

http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~jmorlan/brdu.htm

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/cayugabirdclub/photobb.html#brewer

http://www.peregrineprints.com/bird/hybridMALLxGADW.htm

http://www.vso-internet.de/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=193

In the last link you have to scroll down to see the better photos...

I thought that might be interesting...

Hotspur · Feb 16, 2007

Thats a really good looking set of ducks. A little more feminne than mallard but far more interesting than a gadwall

David Norgate · Feb 16, 2007

interesting to see the head colour difference in pic 3 and amount of black on bill, although it obviously still has the same cheek patch