Albino Mallard? Sefton Park Liverpool UK (today) (1 Viewer)

RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Aug 18, 2018

• #1

Was a lot smaller than all the other Mallards surrounding it, but thought I'd best ask.

thanks

 

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PYRTLE

Old Berkshire Boy

• Aug 18, 2018

• #2

Doubt highly it's a mallard, bill looks proportionally small.......some sort of ornamental bird developed for the collector......similar lines along what is known as a "calling" duck by wildfowl enthusiasts. Pure albino would show pink eyes?

 

Strontium Dog

Well-known member

• Aug 18, 2018

• #3

Goodness knows what its ancestry is, but it's not albino.

 

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stevethehydra

Well-known member

• Aug 18, 2018

• #4

I think this may be a leucistic Mandarin or Wood Duck. Head/bill shape looks slightly wrong for a "Call Duck" (dwarf domestic mallard type) and I have also never seen one with a bill as red as this. A side-on photo would probably determine it better in terms of structure.

 

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stevethehydra

Well-known member

• Aug 18, 2018

• #5

Compare https://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=323731

 

RichieTwitchy

YNWA

• Aug 18, 2018

• #6

stevethehydra said:

I think this may be a leucistic Mandarin or Wood Duck. Head/bill shape looks slightly wrong for a "Call Duck" (dwarf domestic mallard type) and I have also never seen one with a bill as red as this. A side-on photo would probably determine it better in terms of structure.

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Does this help?

Sorry about the blurred images as my camera's AF had gone haywire!

 

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