Red-crested Pochard x Scaup Netta rufina x Aythya marila

Although Red-crested Pochard is clearly one of the parents of this hybrid, the second is less certain. Scaup is a possibility but another possibility is that one parent could be this hybrid, itself not fully identified, which remains in the same collection (I have not seen Scaup there in recent visits, though birds were present until fairly recently).

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captive Red-crested Pochard hybrid, possibly Red-crested Pochard x Scaup, Blakeney Collection (Norfolk, UK), 9th November 2013

 

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captive Red-crested Pochard hybrid, possibly Red-crested Pochard x Scaup, Blakeney Collection (Norfolk, UK), 24th November 2013