Usually in pairs or small flocks; wary in most areas, but in some city parks and urban settings has become fairly tame. Hybrids: Mallards frequently interbreed with the American Black Duck, Northern Pintail and domesticated species, leading to various hybrids. Mexican Duck/Mallard Hybrid seen April 14, 2014 at Sedona Wetlands. Along the Gulf of Mexico coast, the mottled duck is one of the most frequently banded waterfowl. A mottled duck with black tail feathers.

And while ducks in general are known for their hybridizing ways, none are as prolific and undiscriminating as Anas platyrhynchos.. is that they are all very close to each other genetically. Male Mallard close to Mexican-type, a "pure" Mexican Duck would be darker overall, without any hint of reddish breast or dark uppertail coverts, and without obvious white in the tail. The Mariana Mallard was derived from Mallard × Pacific Black Duck hybrids, but became extinct in the 1980s. For years, when waterfowl biologists spotted ducks with mallard-like traits like these, they dismissed them as hybrids. Flecks of green on the heads of Mexican ducks. Flecks of green on the heads of Mexican ducks. please tell me the difference.

The mallard (/ ˈ m æ l ɑːr d, ˈ m æ l ər d /) (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurosiberia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. These birds were considered separate species until 1983, when they were lumped, but recent studies have argued that the ducks are indeed separate. Here is another, so Mallard-like it could even be backcrossed with Mallard. US, hybridizes with Mallard, producing birds with variably intermediate features.

So far in this thread we have seen hybrids that are fairly close to Mexican Duck in appearance but more Mallard-like birds are also typical. Here are some of these hybrids: Hybrid Mallard x Black Duck, Great Swamp NWR (New Jersey, USA) - photo by Jim Gilbert. Their bills also have structural differences likely derived from a diet of domestic grains. The only notable split of a species found north of Mexico is the decision to separate Mexican Duck from Mallard. Based on recent evidence, such birds are quite likely Mexican Ducks, not hybrids. In the last two photos above (IDs 1211-1212) note the bird in the foreground, which is one such bird. Other hybrid combinations below. Photos of Mallard hybrid ducks. 30 Mallard -- Male and female 1 Mallard x Mexican Duck (hybrid) -- Spent a good 30 minutes watching this duck with a handful of good looks. A white bar spanning the wing of a North American black duck. Hello again, Mexican Duck. The list of species that Mallards are known to have hybridized with is long and in some cases Mallard genes threaten to flood the gene pool of other species. Regional Differences. Hybrid Mallard x Black Duck, unspecified location, 28th January 2008 - photo by Colin Clement. We have neither in my part of the Pacific flyway. Click above for hybrids of Mallards and Mallard-descended domestic ducks in a domestic situation (ie non-wild/feral such as farmyard)
That Mexican Ducks and Mallards hybridize is certainly relevant, but hybridization is increasingly not regarded as outcome determinative. For years, when waterfowl biologists spotted ducks with mallard-like traits like these, they dismissed them as a hybrids. So does the dusty mallard drake on my wall. apparently I don't know the difference between a Mexican mallard or a black duck. The only thing that makes me think it’s MAYBE a mallard x Mexican duck is the lack of white ring around the neck, but those are hard to prove to be hybrids.
The white borders on the speculum are a bit broader than I'd like for a pure Mexican Duck, but the color of the speculum looks spot-on (being more greenish than purple), and the white borders are thinner than for a typical Mallard. The Mexican duck is mainly brown, with a blue speculum edged with white, obvious in flight or at rest. Mallard Hybrids Wild or feral ducks Mallard hybrid, with "normal" Mallard inset for reference. Mexican ducks are fond of the green shoots of alfafa and feed at night on irrigated fields. The bird looked essentially like a female Mallard, but was a tad larger, male Mallard sized, with a yellow bill, like a male. However, most waterfowl hybrid offspring are infertile. Male.

In Florida, USA. A mottled duck with black tail feathers.

A subspecies of the Mallard called the “Mexican Duck,” Anas platyrhynchos diazi, occurs in parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.Both males and females closely resemble female Mallards, although the body color is somewhat darker than a typical female Mallard. In fact, they are 10 times more distantly related to our native western mallards than are black ducks, Mexican ducks, and mottled ducks.


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