Rare
Birds in Spain
Identification
Presumed
hybrid Pochard x Red-Crested Pochard at PN Oyambre, Cantabria, October
2002
Text
by Fernando Arce
Photos
by Carlos Sainz
Introduction
Description
Photos
Discussion
During
the World Birdwatch day celebration, on Sunday the 6th of October
2002, we located a drake duck at Oyambre Natural Park, Cantabria, N Spain,
that showed mixed characters between European Pochard (Aythya ferina)
and Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina).
The
bird was with a semi-captive population of birds originally partially coming
from Zoologico de Santillana del Mar, also in Cantabria, but
also from wild birds that had favoured that area because of human feeding
(corn and bread in a daily basis attracted wild birds to the area).
Description
Note
the head profile, bill shape, dark nail in bill, head tone and mantle colour.
Compare this drake with a pure Red-Crested Pochard in one of the below
photos.
All
photos by © Carlos Sainz
Photos
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Discussion
The
bird keeps the basic colour of Red-Crested Pochard with a darker, browner,
head and darker mantle as well. Proportions of head are those of a Pochard,.
Bill appears longer than in Red-Crested Pochard.
Thanks
to Fernando Arce & Carlos Sainz for this interesting record.Gracias
a Fernando Arce y Carlos Sainz por esta interesante cita.Gràcies
a Fernando Arce i Carlos Sainz per aquesta interessant cita.
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Presumed
hybrid Pochard x Red-Crested Pochard at PN Oyambre, Cantabria, October
2002
F.Arce & C.Sanz, 2002
Introduction
Description
Photos
Discussion
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