Wednesday 18 June 2014

Red-crested Pochard x Rosy-billed Pochard

No photos here yet for this hybrid, but Joern Lehmhus has written about them in the German magazine Aves.  The text is in German but non-German speakers may still be interested as it's accompanied by a couple of photos of Red-crested Pochard x Rosy-billed Pochard hybrids.  You can access the PDF of Aves 4 (2013) - the article starts on page 21 with section 2.5 on this hybrid beginning at page 25 - the five photos captioned "Peposakaente x Kolbenente" are Red-crested Pochard x Rosy-billed Pochard hybrids (and I think the sixth one captioned "Wahrscheinliche Rückkreuzung eines Hybriden Peposakaente x Kolbenente mit der Kolbenente" translates to "probable backcrossed hybrid (Red-crested Pochard x Rosy-billed Pochard) x Red-crested Pochard)".


If you have any photos of this or other hybrids that you would be happy for us to use here, please get in touch (either leave a comment or email).



Red-crested Pochard Netta rufina
Rosy-billed Pochard Netta peposaca

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