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kat

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on: June 06, 2014, 09:51:37 AM
Does anyone know what this duck is? I am guessing it's some sort of hybrid.

Take not of the green head and secondaries, the white spot on it's head and the shape of its head.

Thanks!!

Kristina
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Reply #1 on: June 06, 2014, 11:22:06 AM
Probably some kind of hybrid Mallard.
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Reply #2 on: June 06, 2014, 11:09:41 PM
But a hybrid with what?
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Reply #3 on: June 06, 2014, 11:16:54 PM
Hybrids with Gadwall can have those facial spots, but I'm really not sure.
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Walter Fisher

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Reply #4 on: June 12, 2014, 12:00:49 PM
Hi Kristina,

The Mallard duck has been known to have bred with well over a hundred other different species of duck in the wild, plus it has been hybridized by humans for centuries, so unfortunately it does get a little confusing trying to identify them down to their origins.

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Reply #5 on: July 01, 2014, 12:19:39 PM
It's hard to be sure from your photo, but it looks like the Mallard X Wigeon hybrid that has been spotted irregularly on he western waterfront for several years.  Here's a link to the discussion on this board:  Mallard X Wigeon Hybrid.

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