Mallard-Hybrid
Duck
(Anasrubripes)
Photographed at Etobicoke Creek, Toronto, ON Mar 2007
Mallards
and Domestic farm ducks are very closely related, and hybrids are becoming more
increasingly common.
Hybrids are common waterfowl in
Toronto. The male is still the more colourful with its green and white head
instead of the usual completely green head and white neckband. Hybrids have a
white breast instead of the standard brown.
This cross of a Mallard and white
Domestic farm duck is larger than a typical Mallard. It is not uncommon to see these
hybrids around Lake Ontario. This is a male found in southern Toronto
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