ML175022181
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) Cairina moschata x Anas platyrhynchos
Contributor
Chris Rehberg | Sydney Birding Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Wilberforce Lagoon
Hawkesbury, New South Wales, Australia
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
Media notes
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid) at lower left, together with Pacific Black Ducks for size comparison.
Observation details
Large bird - significantly larger than nearby Teals and Pacific Black Ducks, nearing the size of domestic Greylag Goose. Bill dark/black at base but paler at tip. Brown head, white neck with brown marks on dorsal surface, and mostly brown body with some white flecks showing through. Pale brown / whitish wing tips. Dark eye. Photo posted to online bird ID group where identified as domesticated Mallard x Muscoy - sterile intergeneric hybrid.
Technical information
- Model
- NIKON D800E
- Lens
- 200.0-500.0 mm f/5.6
- ISO
- 560
- Focal length
- 500 mm
- Flash
- Flash did not fire, auto
- f-stop
- f/7.1
- Shutter speed
- 1/1250 sec
- Dimensions
- 1482 pixels x 989 pixels
- Original file size
- 1004.73 KB