American duck (1 Viewer)

[DavidC]

Hi Guys

On Facebook I saw an image of this duck seen in America and some of the locals there are saying Ruddy duck....I cannot see ruddy duck in it.

The person was asked for a second image and a totally different looking bird came up....But has said it is the same bird.

It has a wing flash that looks green but the bill looks more like a blue-winged teal.

Any idea's gladly welcomed.

Regards

Dave

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

If both the same bird , then clearly a greenwinged teal. At least the bird in the 2nd photo is (look at the speculum with the light brownish line before the green and the thinner white behind; and the outer (here lower)part of the speculum black)

i agree first photo looks a bit odd for Greenwinged and in some features better for Bluewinged, but it is an odd angle and difficult to judge which species.

 

[Nutcracker]

They look to be different individuals to me, dfferent flank feather patterns :t:

 

[Joern Lehmhus]

They look to be different individuals to me, dfferent flank feather patterns :t:

Hm. i think you are right,
but then in my opinion the first is more likely to be a Bluewing.

 

[DavidC]

Thanks guys.