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Anas platyrhynchos
There are two of these with the swans on the river. I have never seen them here before, does anyone know what they are?
Spotted on Jan 14, 2014
Submitted on Jan 14, 2014
6 Comments
Thank you for your help.
I agree with domestic Mallard.
The curled tail feathers points to this just being a domestic Mallard.
PIntails are large ducks, and the cackling geese(type of canada goose) are just larger than most ducks, so I would accept that. The features are very much duck and not goose, however, it could be a domestic duck mallard cross, as they get quite big
They are as large as Canadian Geese, if that helps.
If I had to guess, a pintail hybrid X mallard. I'll be interested to hear what others think