What kind of a hybrid would this one be?
Found in Italy:
(http://www.windoweb.it/guida/mondo/foto_di_uccelli_no_caccia/moretta_tabaccata.jpg)
CiteerMoretta tabaccata
Aythya nyroca - E' una delle anatre selvatiche piĆ¹ rare in Italia. E' un'anatra tuffatrice predilige i laghi aperti con le rive alberate e si riproduce nel Nord Europa. (Migratori/protetti)
Source: http://www.windoweb.it/guida/mondo/schede_uccelli_m.htm (http://www.windoweb.it/guida/mondo/schede_uccelli_m.htm)
I'm thinking of Aythya nyroca X Netta rufina
or maybe Aythya nyroca X Anas platyrhynchos ??
My first thought was Aythya ferina X Anas platyrhynchos, what do others think of this duck?
And Jan, was this bird found in the wild or in captivity?
Jan ,
That one is a hybrid Aythya nyroca x Netta rufina , as you suspected.
There are some threads about this hybrid type at www.birdforum.net
and here is one from Southern Germany:
http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=hybrid+ferrugineous+duck (http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=hybrid+ferrugineous+duck)
These are a bit variable and the one above has 2 siblings which both look a bit different from him (all 3 birds male, one looks quite close to your photo) . These hybrids were produced naturally at a nature reserve in southern germany where both species were fairly rare several years ago (in the meantime RC Pochard has established a small population there but Aythya nyroca is still very rare there).
http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index.php?showtopic=67668 (http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index.php?showtopic=67668)
Any chance that these are the females of the same hybrid?
could be, but female hybrids are more difficult so I am not sure...
Citeerhttp://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index.php?showtopic=67668 (http://forum.waarneming.nl/forum/index.php?showtopic=67668)
Any chance that these are the females of the same hybrid?
http://waarneming.nl/foto/view/599480 (http://waarneming.nl/foto/view/599480)
these are the same 2 in more light there look very the same as the picture on www.flickr .