ML303254141
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid) Bucephala clangula x islandica
Contributor
Alex Lamoreaux Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Scarborough Marsh--Eastern Trail
Cumberland, Maine, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age and sex
- Adult Male - 1
- Behaviors
- Courtship, display, or copulation
Media notes
Hybrid male goldeneye displaying alongside a male Common Goldeneye. American Black Duck, hybrid Mallard x ABDU, and Canada Goose present as well.
Observation details
Continuing male often reported as a Barrow’s. Nicely intermediate in all respects: green sheen to head; head shape combines both the peaked crown of Common and broad ‘mane’ of Barrow’s (giving it a very Darth Vader’s helmet shape); white spot on face teardrop shaped; black flanks similar to Barrow’s but lacking thick spur at sides of breast. Digiscoped photos/video. Displaying (lifting/popping head up, and sometimes jutting head forward) to male and female Common.
Additional species
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x rubripes
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
Technical information
- Camera
- iPhone X
- Microphone
- iPhone X
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 82.28 MB