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  1. Joern Lehmhus

    Duck hybrid-France

    Slightly off topic: The Mallard x Pintail you linked Tib, is also in my opinion most likely a backcross to mallard, see for example tail locks and breast coloration.. some other hybrids: This bird here in my opinion is also Pintail x Wigeon, but with more black in the face than the Dutch one...
  2. Joern Lehmhus

    Duck hybrid-France

    I am thinking there are however elements of Mallard x Pintail and Mallard x Wigeon in this bird. Compare with these photos: Eurasian Wigeon x Mallard (a variant of this hybrid with a rather uniformely colored head): http://www.flickr.com/photos/33236701@N07/3455279495/...
  3. Joern Lehmhus

    Duck hybrid-France

    Hi, I think this bird is a very difficult one... lets start in short with what it can´t be (at least i think so): It can not be Pintail x Mallard, without white neckring. It can not be Pintail x Wigeon, with this tertial shape, and no yellowish brown areas in the face. Gadwall x another...
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