tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553998527275861247.post6418754359642077923..comments2024-03-14T23:49:30.509+00:00Comments on Bird Hybrids: Egyptian Goose x Ruddy ShelduckBird Hybridshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12029864289171258900noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553998527275861247.post-36219672930057389032017-05-24T11:26:51.741+01:002017-05-24T11:26:51.741+01:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903360527375607325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553998527275861247.post-45254150050190617372017-03-06T20:17:55.074+00:002017-03-06T20:17:55.074+00:00Thanks - I don't think I had seen that before....Thanks - I don't think I had seen that before. Will be interesting to see what the taxonomists do with that. It will be interesting to see if backcrossed hybrids start to appear this summer.Dave Appletonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15077880196249359409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8553998527275861247.post-52485379409595368802017-03-03T00:40:43.338+00:002017-03-03T00:40:43.338+00:00I'm sure I read somewhere that genetic studies...I'm sure I read somewhere that genetic studies have shown that Alopochen is actually nested within Tadorna as currently recognised (and thus either the Egyptian "Goose" should be renamed Tadorna aegyptiaca (and maybe common name Egyptian Shelduck?!?), or Tadorna ought to be split - I'm not sure which species would stay in and which be taken out, though Common Shelduck actually strikes me as the most distinct from the rest, which would presumably mean all the non-Common shelducks would need a new genus name...) - so I think it is plausible that Egyptian "Goose" x Ruddy Shelduck hybrids could be fertile...stevethehydrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18334234855643025449noreply@blogger.com