Identification: A Mallard?

swebb · #1 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 06:47 PM

Well I looked in my books and couldn't find a match. I spotted it at Combe Abbey near Coventry. It was about 15ft away from a very nice Egyptian Goose. So any idea's?

Dogghound · #2 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 06:49 PM

Its a domesticated form of mallard called a Cayuga Duck

billybirder · #3 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 06:50 PM

Indian Duck?

Farplace · #4 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 06:54 PM

Looks like a Cayuga drake. Cayugas are a domestic breed and therefore a type of mallard.

swebb · #5 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 06:55 PM

Ah thanks for the quick reply. I hadn't seen one before, well never noticed one anyway. When the sun caught it the colours were amazing.

Farplace · #6 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 06:57 PM

They are beautiful birds. Welcome to WAB by the way.
Jan

swebb · #7 (**permalink**) 13-11-2011, 07:01 PM

Thanks Jan

I just found the site and I think I will find it very useful. I've recently got in bird watching and nature in general. I do a lot of walking and it's much better when you know what you are looking at.

Steve

RoyW · #8 (**permalink**) 14-11-2011, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Dogghound

Its a domesticated form of mallard called a Cayuga Duck

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Originally Posted by billybirder

Indian Duck?

What sort of size and bulk was it? Obviously larger than male Mallards, or similar in size to perhaps very slightly smaller?

Cayugas and Black East Indian Ducks are two domestic breeds of Mallard which are pretty much identical in plumage and shape, but Cayugas are a large breed (about 4x the size of Black East Indian). It looks like it is a fairly bulky bird - but it can be difficult to judge without some thing to compare with.

Wild-Woman · #9 (**permalink**) 14-11-2011, 07:42 AM

Nice duck, not seen one before.

swebb · #10 (**permalink**) 14-11-2011, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by RoyW

What sort of size and bulk was it? Obviously larger than male Mallards, or similar in size to perhaps very slightly smaller?

Cayugas and Black East Indian Ducks are two domestic breeds of Mallard which are pretty much identical in plumage and shape, but Cayugas are a large breed (about 4x the size of Black East Indian). It looks like it is a fairly bulky bird - but it can be difficult to judge without some thing to compare with.

Well it was errr normal duck size. It was around the same size as the other normal ducks it was swimming with, maybe a little more bulk but not much. It really stood out though.

I turned the corner and a Egyptian Goose was walking along on the grass, never seen one of those before either, they look evil with the black eye rings lol.