http://waarneming.nl/foto_details.php?id=395676 (http://waarneming.nl/foto_details.php?id=395676)
probably hybrid Wood duck x domestic duck (or wood duck x mallard with domestic duck genes?)?
The "mallard" parent would have been something like this:
http://www.pbase.com/mike_lentz/image/71161138 (http://www.pbase.com/mike_lentz/image/71161138)
http://www.butterflyonmyshoulder.ca/Journa...llardBr5576.jpg (http://www.butterflyonmyshoulder.ca/Journal/12_07/12_18_07/BibbedMallardBr5576.jpg)
http://wquinn.tripod.com/hybrid.jpg (http://wquinn.tripod.com/hybrid.jpg)
Yes, the bibbed pattern (in Dutch: witborst) is dominant in domestic ducks, so it makes sense that the hybrid expresses it too. In bibbed ducks, the outer 1-4 primaries are often white too; that may also be the case in this hybrid?
http://www.artportalen.se/artportalen/gall...?obsid=12453628 (http://www.artportalen.se/artportalen/gallery/image.aspx?obsid=12453628)
something similar from sweden
(Thanks LM for reminding me)
Interesting that the domestic coloration is so dominant.