Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid) - Steven Mlodinow

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Blue-winged Teal x Northern Shoveler (hybrid) Spatula discors x clypeata

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Location

Pantano El Tanque
La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 24.0766375, -110.4062462
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

This bird was in between Cinnamon Teal and N Shoveler in size, though closer to the teal in that regard. Its face pattern was like that of a BW Teal, but not quite as prominent. The eye showed yellow (yellow-orange?). The bill was hefty and black, looking much like a shoveler's in size and shape, though a bit less spatulate (clearly more so than nearby CITE). In the end, the bird looked like a small shoveler, with a proportionately smallish bill, very black bill (which some shovelers will show, though not commonly), and a somewhat BWTE like face pattern (not as evident in these photos as in the field). Thus, BWTE x NSHO seems the correct ID for this bird.

Technical information

Model
NIKON D300
ISO
1000
Focal length
500 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/6.3
Shutter speed
1/4000 sec
Dimensions
500 pixels x 347 pixels
Original file size
136.23 KB