Common Goldeneye x Barrow's Goldeneye

Common Goldeneye x Barrow's Goldeneye hybrid, Mukilteo, Snohomish County (Washington, USA), 1st March 2007 - copyright Steve Mlodinow

(photo ID: 1490)

Steve has found four of these hybrids and notes:

"Each time, it was the combination of no shoulder spur (the little black spur extending down just behind chest in Barrow's) and an intermediate scapular/wing-covert pattern that has caught my eye.  Unlike the facial spot, the differences noted above can be seen from a fairly wide variety of angles and a fair distance."

Common Goldeneye x Barrow's Goldeneye hybrid (same bird as in photo ID 1490 above, with Barrow's Goldeneye, Mukilteo, Snohomish County (Washington, USA), 1st March 2007 - copyright Steve Mlodinow

(photo ID: 1491)

Common Goldeneye x Barrow's Goldeneye hybrid, John Day Dam, Columbia River (Washington, USA), 9th January 2011 - copyright Steve Mlodinow

(photo ID: 1571)

Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
Barrow's Goldeneye Bucephala islandica