I will go out on a limb and suggest that this is a candidate for Mexican x Mottled based on the appearance of typical male Mexican Duck except for three traits inherited from Mottled Duck: moderate black gape spot, purple tinge to blue speculum, and buff patch on throat. Are these all within the range of variation for Mexican Duck - possibly (I don’t know). I suggest posting to the bird hybrids facebook page for more opinions.
Nick Komar Fort Collins CO > On Jan 16, 2022, at 1:05 PM, Sally Waterhouse <[email protected]> wrote: > > New photo showing speculum of same bird in question > https://ebird.org/checklist/S100849831 To me the speculum looks like typical > Mallard. > Sally Waterhouse > Nathrop, CO > >> On Sunday, January 16, 2022 at 8:19:57 AM UTC-7 Sally Waterhouse wrote: >> Looking for some thoughts on this. The duck has been observed by several >> birders in Chaffee County just west of the 163 pond hotspot in a small pond >> area. Whether this is the same duck reported as a Mexican on Dec. 29 by >> Jack Bushong on 163 pond is unknown. After perusing many discussions about >> this "complex" I'm curious as to what people may think about this >> individual. See photos on my ebird checklist >> https://ebird.org/checklist/S100712744 and also on Greg Mihalik's checklist >> https://ebird.org/checklist/S100667677. Looking more closely at photos I >> realized that there is also a dark gape spot just to add to the question. >> So far, no speculum photos. >> Sally Waterhouse >> Nathrop, Chaffee County > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Colorado Birds" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en > * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include > bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate > * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ > --- > 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 view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/a51349e3-67c8-4695-bdc6-3ee062c4ef43n%40googlegroups.com. -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cobirds?hl=en?hl=en * All posts should be signed with the poster's full name and city. Include bird species and location in the subject line when appropriate * Join Colorado Field Ornithologists https://cobirds.org/CFO/Membership/ --- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/77AC5D51-13F3-4C1C-A979-D5FF2929A4BE%40comcast.net.
