Duck id

[RUGER]

A buddy sent me this picture.
He said it was a gadwall but I never seen one with a brown belly ?
Anyone know what up with that ?

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[Dodge Man]

Re: Duck id

Maybe just stained breast feathers? Nothing else looks different from a drake gadwall


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[TAFKAP]

Re: Duck id

I wonder if it might be a gadwall hybrid mix with something else?

 

[ADR]

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I wonder if it might be a gadwall hybrid mix with something else?

My thought as well

 

[MickThompson]

Re: Duck id

I don't think it's a hybrid. Either stained feathers, nutritional deficiency, or genetic oddity.

 

[cbhunter]

Duck id

I sent the pic to Gasman. He said it's probably a bald eagle hybrid


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[chimneyman]

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Lol. He is the local bird expert

 

[gasman]

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Why is ERRBODY always picking on me

 

[MickThompson]

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Why is ERRBODY always picking on me

So what says the TnDeer official ornithologist?

 

[JBell]

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Doesn't look stained. Look even under the wings. Looks dark under there too

 

[Dodge Man]

Re: Duck id

I don't think it is a cross because no other part of the duck looks different then a Gadwall drake. My guess is some kind of pigment change making the white feathers dark for some reason.

Cool duck and I would probably get it mounted.


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[Southern Sportsman]

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I don't think it is a cross because no other part of the duck looks different then a Gadwall drake. My guess is some kind of pigment change making the white feathers dark for some reason.

Agreed. If you keep up with turkey hunting, you've probably seen pics of eastern turkeys with solid black or dark colored primary wing feathers. They aren't melanistic color phase as the rest of the bird looks normal. Just something odd but not unheard of. I'm betting this is the same kind of thing.