BirdNrd Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Seen at Waller Park in Santa Maria, Santa Barbara County. 1. Intersex Mallard or hybrid? 2. leucistic Mallard? 3-8. Probably just Mallard or domestic Mall but struck me different than the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 1. Intersex 2. Domestic 3. Interesting bird, I suspect it's a Mexican Duck hybrid. Was it paired with that female mallard in the second to last photo? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 2 hours ago, Aidan B said: Interesting bird, I suspect it's a Mexican Duck hybrid I’m curious why? That looks like a pretty normal female mallard to me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 34 minutes ago, IKLland said: I’m curious why? That looks like a pretty normal female mallard to me. Note the bill, it has a male ducks pattern, not a female's, but the bird looks similar to a female mallard. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bird-Boys Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 (edited) Ignore. Edited December 13, 2021 by Bird-Boys Sent from wrong account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdNrd Posted December 13, 2021 Author Share Posted December 13, 2021 3 hours ago, Aidan B said: Was it paired with that female mallard in the second to last photo? By paired do you mean with it the whole time. Because if so no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan B Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 I probably don't have enough knowledge to call this bird, but compare it to these. I don't know if mallards can ever look similar to this bird. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/93183961 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/93183621 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKLland Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 10 hours ago, Aidan B said: I probably don't have enough knowledge to call this bird, but compare it to these. I don't know if mallards can ever look similar to this bird. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/93183961 https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/93183621 It does look similar to those, but IMO the back on @BirdNrd’s bird isn’t as dark as those. @AlexHenry @DLecy @Connor Cochrane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexHenry Posted December 13, 2021 Share Posted December 13, 2021 Seems like a good candidate for Mallard x Mexican Duck as Aidan said, although I don’t know enough about this species complex to say for sure. I guess the main issue is ruling out, say, a immature male Mallard, or a male Mallard that’s still fully in eclipse plumage. It does seem like the wrong time of year for them to be in those plumages though 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DLecy Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 I don’t know enough about this taxon to speak accurately here. https://www.aba.org/mexican-duck/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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