Domesticated Duck - southern coast of Oregon 2 Nov (2 Viewers)

[Lisa W]

I am pretty sure these are a variation of domestic duck, confirmation or correction please. I saw them on a lake at a local park. As always thanks for the assistance. Lisa

 

[Bewick]

Yes

 

[raymie]

Yes, Domestic Mallard.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Lisa,

agree with Bewick and Raymie:yes they are domestic Ducks aka "Mandy Mallards".
Slight unusual goose like bill and head shape is within variation and as I have learned here and elsewhere no indication of Hybridisation ( what a term when it comes to domestic Ducks). But you know, I always search for this.

 

[Lisa W]

Thank you all. Domesticated was all I could come up with, but having never seen them I could have been wrong. Heck I am wrong about birds I see all the time.

 

[nartreb]

There's a "fawn and white" variant of the domestic breed Indian Runner that looks a lot like this: eye ring, grey head, white neck, fawn/buff body, long oddly-shaped bill. I suspect there's some other breed in there to explain the orange bill tone and the body shape that I think is a little bulkier than normal for an Indian Runner. (The bird on the left in particular seems to have a very tall butt.)
The bird on the left is male, as you can see by the curly feathers above the tail. Not sure about the bird on the right - domestic breeds don't always show the curl. A female indian runner would usually have a different bill color than the male - but that's another one of those rules of thumb that domestics don't always obey.

 

[Lisa W]

There's a "fawn and white" variant of the domestic breed Indian Runner …

Thank you! There are so many breeds of them I didn’t even know where to start!

 

[dantheman]

Hello Lisa,

agree with Bewick and Raymie:yes they are domestic Ducks aka "Mandy Mallards".
Slight unusual goose like bill and head shape is within variation and as I have learned here and elsewhere no indication of Hybridisation ( what a term when it comes to domestic Ducks). But you know, I always search for this.

(Apols for correcting you, don't know if it's a typo or mislearned) = Manky Mallards*, ie manky being informal British for messy, scruffy or inferior.

Another one is 'yuck duck'

In both cases, highly disrespectful to the ducks concerned, although I tend to agree with the premise that they are inferior to proper wild or even purebred domestic duck varieties ... ;-)


*(Because these are in America, questionable whether this term would hold lol?!)

 

[nartreb]

"Manky" is easily understood by Americans, though hardly ever used outside of birding or mountaineering.

There's a discussion here: Who would use the word "manky"?

I can confirm the use of "manky" in American rock climbing and mountaineering.

There is a 16th century term "mank" (defective, inferior; from the French manquer, to lack, miss, or fall short) which may or may not be related to late-1950s "manky".

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

This really seems to be pure domestic ducks (don´t know the breed though) and not "manky mallards " in my definition. I always had defined manky mallards as mixes with wild and domesticated mallard ancestry, showing the wrong colors for a wild mallard but essentially wild mallard size ...

but maybe others define manky mallard differently?

... the wings are so small compared to the body that they probably can´t get airborne. A typical sign for the larger domestic breeds... that means , allthough we have no size comparison, it must be a breed somewhat larger than mallard.

 

[lockbreeze926]

Although it has wider currency, "Manky" is generally understood to be of Scottish origin (do a google for details).

As to its meaning? - it means "clatty".

 

[dantheman]

This really seems to be pure domestic ducks (don´t know the breed though) and not "manky mallards " in my definition. I always had defined manky mallards as mixes with wild and domesticated mallard ancestry, showing the wrong colors for a wild mallard but essentially wild mallard size ...

but maybe others define manky mallard differently?

... the wings are so small compared to the body that they probably can´t get airborne. A typical sign for the larger domestic breeds... that means , allthough we have no size comparison, it must be a breed somewhat larger than mallard.

You could well be right with these ones ... they are similar to each other too.

Although generally outside the crosses/mixes come in varying degrees of size? - often fatter or larger (especially towards the rear as in geese).

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

Although it has wider currency, "Manky" is generally understood to be of Scottish origin (do a google for details).

As to its meaning? - it means "clatty".

Roughly in the meaning of "dirty" or "untidy"? thats how I understood it, thus forming the personal definition as described in my previous post...

 

[lockbreeze926]

"Dirty" would be the best definition, as in stained, greasy or the like.

Alternatively, "yuck duck" is a good name for waterfowl of messy origin.

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

yeah, but specifically for these mixed ancestry mallards "Manky Mallard" has a certain ring to it...it just fits