hybrid or just domestic mallard (1 Viewer)

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cavan wood

Well-known member

• Apr 7, 2011

• #1

Seen on Little Lake in Peterborough, Ontario. 03/Apr/2011

https://4nomqq.blu.livefilestore.co...ieCtt0WlWU1JqYOZWdPfIp8EYra_gg/149.JPG?psid=1

https://cid-ed96db40227a22b1.photos...e Lake/151.JPG?Bsrc=Photomail&Bpub=SDX.Photos

Scott

 

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fugl

Well-known member

• Apr 7, 2011

• #2

Don't have a clue. Will be interested to hear what others have to say.

 

MLoyko

d[-_-]b

• Apr 7, 2011

• #3

I had a similar duck a year or two ago that I posted on here and it came to be called a hybrid but no mix was ever deduced for certain. I don't believe it has domestic in it has the rump isn't upturned like most domestics.

Matt

EDIT: here's the link to my old thread http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=122431

 

Last edited: Apr 7, 2011

BuckeyeAZ

Just this bloke, you know

• Apr 7, 2011

• #4

Presumably some domestic variant &/or hybrid of mallard. On that thread linked above, someone made the point I was going to make, viz. that the face pattern's reminiscent of Pacific black duck, so that might be in its ancestry.

 

chris butterworth

aka The Person Named Above

• Apr 7, 2011

• #5

IMO it's another form of the ubiquitous "Farmyard" / Domestic Mallards, the resemblance of the head pattern to Pacific Black Duck is just serendipitous.

Chris

 

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jaco

Well-known member

• Apr 7, 2011

• #6

Agree on some domestic variant of Mallard. I disagree that the lack of an upturned rump tells us that it's not of domestic ancestry.

 

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Dave Appleton

Well-known member

• Apr 7, 2011

• #7

Yep, the Pacific Black Duck like head pattern is coincidental and is commonly found in domestic variants of Mallard. No hybrid here (or in MLoyko's thread) - just domestic Mallards. The upturned tail feathers of Mallards are only a feature of males, and even then I think they can be absent on some domestic forms.

 

Microtus

Maryland USA (he/him)

• Apr 7, 2011

• #8

It is a domestic mallard female.

 

Jan-Paul Charteris

Sussex birder and budding moth enthusiast

• Apr 8, 2011

• #9

I agree with most of the above. Definately a domestic Mallard. I remember when I was a kid starting birding a fair few of these got called Garganey even at first! To be fair if you just look in a field guide it's the closest thing bar Pacific Black Duck. I don't think there is any influence of the latter. This variety is pretty common

Jan

 

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cavan wood

Well-known member

• Apr 8, 2011

• #10

Thanks for the comments and opinions. I am not surprised, especially given it was seen on a city lake.

Scott