Mallard x Tufted Duck hybrid, Degnemosen, Copenhagen (Denmark), 1990s - copyright Rasmus Strack
(photo ID: 0899)
This is an old photo, scanned from a slide. Rasmus's friend Lars Michael Nielson tells us that this bird's behaviour was intermedaite between the two praent
species. It was both surface feeding like a Mallard and diving like a
Tufted Duck. Two more scanned images appear below:
Mallard x Tufted Duck hybrid (same bird as in photo ID 0899 above), Degnemosen, Copenhagen (Denmark), 1990s - copyright Rasmus Strack
(photo IDs: 1607-1608)
Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula
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