Black Swedish? (1 Viewer)

[Dean Shaw]

Can anyone tell me what this is (think it might be a black swedish but not sure (googled it) photographed yesterday in Llanberris (mountain railway car park behind some recycling bins just over the fence (have got footage too).

 

[KC Foggin]

Hi Dean

I've moved your thread to the Bird I D section as you will likely get a speedy answer here and I have subscribed you to this thread so you don't lose track of it

 

[Dean Shaw]

Thanks

I think the Black Swedish is supposed to be a domesticated species, could be wrong, anyway this one was very far from any farmland, in woodland near a mountain lake.

 

[HH75]

I've never heard of a Black Swedish, but I assume it's just some domestic variety of Mallard? This bird is certainly some class of domestic duck derived from Mallard stock, I'll let the fine details of farmyard breeds to someone else, and is certainly an escape.

 

[Tiraya]

Swedish appears to be a breed of domestic Mallard, and black a colouration of this.

https://www.google.com/#q=black+swedish+duck

 

[Andy Hurley]

Swedish appears to be a breed of domestic Mallard, and black a colouration of this.

https://www.google.com/#q=black+swedish+duck

They are domestic mallard bred to this colour and named accordingly. It looks like one to me, but it might just be a feral domestic mallard that happens to have similar colours.