Hi everyone, I think all the traits that Jay points out are conclusive that this is a hybrid. There isn't a transitional plumage of Cinnamon Teal that would ever show this extent of a white facial crescent, spotting on the sides or this amount of white where the flanks meet the rump. The cinnamon coloration is also diluted and not as bright. These traits are the ones to look for on Cinnamon x Blue-winged hybrid - a bird that is much rarer than Cinnamon Teal (though perhaps not in NY).
Great find! Chris Wood Ithaca, NY On Nov 2, 2015, at 1:37 PM, Jay McGowan <jw...@cornell.edu<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu>> wrote: The CINNAMON TEAL found yesterday is still being reported up to a few minutes ago. Some doubts continue, however, as to its purity as a few characters, including a pale face, some white on the flank, and indeterminately patterned sides may point to it being a Blue-winged x Cinnamon hybrid, but its transitional plumage make it hard to be sure. Higher resolution photos than we were able to obtain yesterday afternoon would be helpful to resolve this, so please post if you obtain any! For the moment, be warned that this is a possibility. Either way, this is a beautiful bird and well worth the trouble of going to look at. Also, I just noticed this report of a Glossy Ibis from October 16th. It must not have come through on the eBird rare bird alert because it was submitted more than a week after the sighting took place. This is very unfortunate because, although the images are somewhat poor, the overall coloration looks very good for a WHITE-FACED IBIS: http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist?subID=S25558704 This was obviously a while ago, but we should still keep an eye out for this bird in the refuge area. -- Jay McGowan Macaulay Library Cornell Lab of Ornithology jw...@cornell.edu<mailto:jw...@cornell.edu> -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
