Outdoor Ontario

Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: orchidpoet on December 23, 2019, 12:10:51 AM

Title: Mallard?
Post by: orchidpoet on December 23, 2019, 12:10:51 AM

Among a large group of mallard ducks, this male is like none other.

Is it a hybrid?

https://charline.pixels.com/featured/mallard-duck-like-none-other-charline-xia.html

Title: Re: Mallard?
Post by: orchidpoet on December 23, 2019, 01:11:42 AM

Here is another photo, comparing to a normal looking mallard male in the foreground:

https://charline.pixels.com/featured/unusual-mallard-charline-xia.html

Title: Re: Mallard?
Post by: Shortsighted on December 23, 2019, 09:59:31 AM

hybrid duck = (Mallard x Domestic duck)
sometimes a hybrid with a Pintail can also produce a white bib.

Title: Re: Mallard?
Post by: orchidpoet on December 23, 2019, 11:35:45 AM

SS. thanks for the reply.

I also wondered if it was a hybrid with Northern Pintail especially when I look at the tail feathers.