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Hybrid Mallard x Northern Pintail (Anas platyrhynchos x A. acuta), Page Springs Fish Hatchery, Yavapai County

This Mallard x Northern Pintail Hybrid was found and photographed by Gary Botello on 06 March 2016

Rare, but somewhat regularly reported hybrid combination.

Overall, this individual appears more like a Mallard, but the bill pattern (blue with a black center) is more like a Northern Pintail, and the elongated central tail feathers also indicate pintail parentage.


06 March 2016, photo by Gary Botello

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Submitted on 08 March 2016

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