Yellow-billed Teal (Speckled Teal) x Marbled Duck Anas flavirostris x Marmaronetta angustirostris

Safe to assume that this bird originated from captivity, but it is surviving in the wild albeit with a clipped wing. For an analysis of its identification see its page on the Hybrid Birds project. Hybrids involving Marbled Duck appear to be quite unusual.

Note that the warmer-toned photos are more accurate to how it appeared in life.

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probable Yellow-billed Teal x Marbled Duck hybrid, Rollesby Broad (Norfolk, UK), 24th January 2016

 

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probable Yellow-billed Teal x Marbled Duck hybrid, Rollesby Broad (Norfolk, UK), 3rd April 2016