Marbled Duck (Marbled Teal) Marmaronetta angustirostris
Marbled Ducks are popular in captivity and sometimes escape. Genuinely wild birds may occur in the UK occasionally but as with so much rare wildfowl, proving a wild origin is very difficult. A few have had relatively good credentials, the best in Norfolk being this wary bird at Kelling which put in a very brief appearance in spring 2000:
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Marbled Duck, Kelling Water Meadow (Norfolk, UK), 23rd April 2000
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This poor photo is a wild bird in their normal range:
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Marbled Duck, Göksu Delta (Turkey), 9th May 2010
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The remainder of the photos are of captive birds:

