Hybrid Duck. Central Switzerland. Today. (1 Viewer)

[Brosnabirder]

Hello all.

Can anybody help with the id of this hybrid duck? My thoughts are Tufted x Pochard or Tufted x Ferruginous.

All the best
Tom

ps Apologies for the picture quality.

 

[Alexander Stöhr]

Hello Tom,
with such a strikingly pale eye, a mahagony sheen (ignoring the violett tinge), a long, slender bill with very restricted black nail and visible white undertail feathers (with chequered dark areas intermixed, which is unusual on a pure Tufted Duck? Right or wrong, just a gut feeling here), one parent is a Ferruginous Duck.
And with a just visible tuft, the other parent is a Tufted Duck. Even in times of corona and closed hair stylists (sorry, couldnt resist that).

Conclusion: its a Ferruginous x Tufted Duck for me.

 

[aeshna5]

I would come to the same conclusion as Alex.

 

[Brosnabirder]

Thank you both very much. Perhaps it's the same bird I saw nearby a year ago.

Hybrid duck or eclipse? Switzerland today

Hi everybody Can somebody id this duck please? Seen today on a small lake in central Switzerland. It's got oddly dark flanks and a strange head shape. Or is it just an eclipse bird? Thanks in advance Tom.

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All the best
Tom





ps Alexander, hairdressers are still open here so that duck has no excuse. 😀

 

[Deb Burhinus]

The high peaked crown also points to that combination!

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

yes, Tuftie x Ferruginous , as said already - Nice photos

 

[Brosnabirder]

Thank you Deb and Jörn. Much appreciated.