Hybrid Duck... What 2 species?

Gray Duck And Wigeon.

Gadwall Mallard. Aka Brewer’s Duck

Gadwigeon

There is a cool facebook group called The Hybrid Club. They post pics sent in of hybrids that they then identify and label. Seems like someone with knowledge is running the page.

Pretty cool, search for it on facebook and take a look.

That black, neck ring is pretty interesting, along with the brown, rather than green, crest behind the eye.

Gadwall and Eurasian Wigeon?



Edit to add: After thinking about it further, I'm not sure the crescent would be present if it were Eurasian Wigeon alone. Is it a double cross? A Gadwall x (American Wigeon x Eurasian Wigeon)?

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Regardless, that is a damn fine bird and you are one lucky bastard.

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Thank you.

I was super lucky. 3 of us are laid out in a goose spread on the side of a pond/tank with a few duck decoys on the water. I'm on the far right. A group of 5 gadwall come in and we work over all but one right in front of us. The last bird banked right and as it was leaving I took one final long shot. It fell so far right it hit the ground instead of water. I jumped up and said, "I'm going to go grab that bird I just shot so it doesn't run off." Lo and behold, it's a hybrid. Not a wing broken or much blood besides his nostrils. Perfect specimen.

As others have said. Its a Brewers Duck

Looks like a Gad/Wigeon to me as well.

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Even though a drake Mallard will run his dick into anything that flies, that duck has no Mallard in it.

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The throat patch with the green/white stripe is why I said mallard

Mallard grey