Wood Duck Hybrids

Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Thanks to hybrid duck expert Joern Lehmhus for identifying the other parent of this hybrid Wood Duck as a Red-crested Pochard. There were Common and Red-crested Pochards on the ponds where these hybrids live with a collection of various other captive and wild ducks.
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Two of the four hybrids were darker, especially on the chest and back. One of the Wood Ducks above with the 4th hybrid is likely to be (one of) the parent(s).
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
Hybrid wood duck and red-crested pochard
While handsome, the hybrids are not as handsome as either the Wood Duck or the Red-crested Pochard parent.
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Hybrid or Pied Call Duck
Hybrid or Pied Call Duck
This small half-white duck with a small bill lives on a pond with a few Mallards/Indian Runners. Hybrid duck expert Joern Lehmhus suggests that it is likely to be a Wood Duck/Call Duck hybrid. (The bill looks similar to the above and to that of Wood Duck.)
 
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