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28-01-2009, 11:49 AM
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| | | bird id please
hi all,
can anyone id these ducks seen on the aberdeenshire river don at the weekend.
cheers
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28-01-2009, 12:06 PM
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I think they are very beautiful domestic ducks of mallard descent. As they are identical I wonder if they might be pedigree.
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28-01-2009, 12:43 PM
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I think they are hybrid Mallards or what is sometimes known as "Manky Mallard". Mallard ducks with mixed up genes. 
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28-01-2009, 01:23 PM
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As the proportions and plumage look a little strange, I'd say these may be (domestic) Mallard x Muscovy hybrids, very interesting looking birds!
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28-01-2009, 01:37 PM
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I agree look like manky mallards with more than a touch of muscovy in them....
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28-01-2009, 01:53 PM
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Cross-bred surely, but not manky. What beautiful birds, look at that green plumage!
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28-01-2009, 02:19 PM
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Yes they are Mallard cross 
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28-01-2009, 05:36 PM
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What a stunning pair! I wonder whether they have been cross bred intentionally in captivity and escaped. Mallard x Muscovy or Mallard x Swedish perhaps or bits of both, but no way, no how, can they be called ''Manky''!!!! |
28-01-2009, 05:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Picidae  What a stunning pair! I wonder whether they have been cross bred intentionally in captivity and escaped. Mallard x Muscovy or Mallard x Swedish perhaps or bits of both, but no way, no how, can they be called ''Manky''!!!! | Totally agree with the woodpeckers - the use of that word should be banned! 
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28-01-2009, 06:12 PM
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I jokingly refer to such birds as Dodgy ducks (scientific name: Anas dubious).
These two do look quite stunning, and I too wondered if there was some Muscovy in their ancestry. | | | |
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