Greylag Juvenile... ?

[HarrySmall]

Can anyone help identify this bird,... I saw it today at Hogganfield loch in Glasgow............

[faz]

looks like a heinz 57 to me (hybrid) not sure of parents though


welcome to WAB Harry hope you enjoy the site

[Wild-Woman]

Hydrid. Bit of all sorts.

[aeshna5]

Not sure what made you think juv Greylag? It isn't a goose + not strictly a hybrid; it's a male domestic type Mallard; referred by some as "manky Mallards".

[faz]

domestic type ? (hybrid)

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by faz

domestic type ? (hybrid)

To me a hybrid involves more than 1 species. The bird featured above doesn't!

[faz]

Originally Posted by aeshna5

To me a hybrid involves more than 1 species. The bird featured above doesn't!

whats makes a manky mallard two different species of mallard in which case a hybrid

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by faz

whats makes a manky mallard two different species of mallard in which case a hybrid

But the Mallard is one species!

[Picidae]

Originally Posted by faz

whats makes a manky mallard two different species of mallard in which case a hybrid

If you cross a doberman with a jack russell, you'll get a doberman x russell cross, they are still both domestic dogs and still the same species:[/i] Canis lupus familiaris [i]

If you cross breed a wild Mallard with a 'domestic' Mallard, you'll get a manky (cross bred duck) but they are both Mallards

Order - Anseriformes
Sub-family - Anatinae
Genus - Anas
Species - platyrhynchos (this is a mallard)


The only species of domestic duck not derived from wild Mallard is Muscovy all other domestic ducks are Anas platyrhynchos (ie. the same species)

HYBRID = Cross species and does not apply to cross bred Mallards (or dogs!)


Have a read through this

“Manky Mallards” (domestic, feral, or just plain odd Mallards)

[faz]

thanks to both of you this dummie brummie now understands