Given the deep brownish-red flanks apparently without spotting, I'd go with Northern Shoveler x Cinnamon Teal. Both Cinnamon and Blue-winged Teal X Northern Shoveler hybrids typically show a white crescent and it's my understanding that hybridization with a Cinnamon Teal actually produces a larger crescent than Blue-winged.
Michael Lester Littleton On Sun, Mar 24, 2019 at 4:35 PM Matt Rodgers <[email protected]> wrote: > John, that is an interesting duck as I’ve never seen such a hybrid; to me, > it looks to be a cross between a Northern Shoveler and Blue-winged Teal as > the white crescent is a giveaway that BWT is in the recipe and the bill and > mention of the green iridescence speak to traits one would see only in a > Northern Shoveler. If the white crescent wasn’t present, I’d be more apt to > consider th influence of a cinnamon teal but...Thanks for sharing! > > Matt Rodgers - Centennial, CO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/310b0f5f-d678-4e30-9e88-7128bcd5a7a7%40googlegroups.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CACQdNWHy_azhxbn1P8o0O-HKJLJKxOtjaL_h_AxKsbAAFFtSwg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
