Alright bird gurus....ID HELP

[Dani]

what is this? And before folk start getting smart....I KNOW it's a DUCK....hahahahahahaha

but is it a "park duck" a cross breed of some sort? A true species? And if so, which one?

This bird was at our pond here at work and one of the guys was asking what it was.

Thanks a lot in advance

Dani

 

[Matt_n_Barb]

Well seeing it is on a very green lawn....and my lawn still has 12 inches of snow covering it.......

I am not sure if it is a cross.....has me stumped....maybe a melanistic phase of what?????

I looked in one data base I have and noted a reference that melanisim is rare in quakers (darn old reference)

Melanism in North American Birds, Alfred O. Gross. Bird-Banding, Vol. 36, No. 4 (Oct., 1965), pp. 240-242

Maybe Steve will ID the critter

The Muscovy (Cairina moschata) x Mallard (Anas platyrhyncos) is an inter-species hybrid.

 

[Clint]

Looks like a mullard-- a mallardxmuscovy cross. They're sterile, and great eating!

Clint

 

[Matt_n_Barb]

Clint could be right a mullard....

 

[tgentry]

Looks like a mulzard - mallardXbuzzard.

 

[Andy Grant]

Daffy Duck

 

[Ray]

Daffy Duck

Daffy is a Ringneck

 

[Capt. Jack Passie]

I think its a TERRADUCKTYL

 

[Eddie Kershaw]

It might be a quacker.
take care and God Bless
Eddie.
Its all about Building that Bond

 

[Rick Pierce]

Maybe some Cayuga mixed in with a mallard? Look up Cayugas on Google...they were supposedly developed from a captured pair of black ducks.

It would be too oddball, but also has some character in the head/neck of Indian Runner...again, from Google.

That is one mixed up bird...chances are it's so crossed, you'll never know for sure...

 

[Jay Anglin]

Definitely mallard lineage....I'm guessing domestic hybrid/park/farm/county fair variant.

 

[Jay Anglin]

Then again, maybe it's a melanistic mallard, black or mottled etc. Black eyes and black bill is peculiar.

 

[Jay Anglin]

It would suck to be that color in Florida...bet that bird is hotter than a snakes ass most days.

 

[Pete McMiller]

I think you're the closest Rick. Here is a site with a bunch of domestic varieties and the Cayuga looks the like the best bet.

http://www.feathersite.com/Poultry/Ducks/BRKDucks.html

 

[Derek Z]

Its that duck PING with a deep florida tan.

 

[Jay Anglin]

There is something strangely alluring about the "things to do with your Cayuga" photo at that link.

Sorry Dani....just sayin'.

 

[J Howland]

I think I'd have to agree with Rick, too. Love watching Indian Runners... funny birds when they're getting wrangled up by a Border Collie.

 

[Bill McQuade]

I see a green tinge on that black head. I'm guessing mallard (reverse albino?). Either that or a cross between a republican mallard and democrat black duck. Maybe that is why the two parties ALWAYS oppose what the other does - look at the result when they mingle.

Bill

 

[Brad Bortner]

Its a park duck, but almost classic all muscovy duck. The bill looks like some mallard genes are being expressed, so I'll have to agree with my colleague Clint that it is a mullard.

 

[Wispete]

I figured you would have a definitive answer by now.

So... no.1 It's a black duck
no. 2 It's the ugly duckling and will turn into a beautiful swan when it grows up.....