Hybrid Redbilled teal x Bahama Pintail

Gestart door Alcedo atthis, juni 06, 2008, 13:58:23 PM

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Alcedo atthis

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Look at the bird labeled Redbilled pintail;

I would think this is a Hybrid Redbilled teal x Bahama pintail.
greetings,
Jörn Lehmhus

Jan Harteman

I'm not sure if it is a Redbilled teal x Bahama pintail, but it is an odd looking hybrid  :o  

Alcedo atthis

So what would you think this might be , Jan?

I think the bill pattern is a good mixture of the pattern of bahama pintail with the red triangle-shaped patch of the upper mandible and the pattern of redbilled teal where the red goes along the sides of the bill.

The blackish cap  and the sharp border of the cap also hint to a hybrid involving redbilled teal, see this redbilled teal x wood duck for comparison:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14195020@N08/2328696513/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/14195020@N08/2328696673/

(Hybrids Bahama pintail x other species often have the border of the cap less sharp and clear, and the cap not that dark)

the pale borders of tertials, tail feathers , scapulars etc have a rusty colour tinge ; that colour hints to a hybrid involving Bahama pintail.
this can also be found in other hybrids of Bahama pintail , look at the tail feathers in this female hybrid Bahama Pintail x Wood duck, for example:

http://www.chclub300.ch/gallery/Suchen/ind...1&show_img=1306






greetings,
Jörn Lehmhus

Jan Harteman

Hm, first I thought was Philippine duck X Red-billed pintail, but you might be right - it better looks like a Bahama X Red-billed pintail.