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ML200911681 IBC 1238998
Mallard x Pacific Black Duck (hybrid) Anas platyrhynchos x superciliosa
Contributor
Pieter de Groot Boersma Media from this contributor Profile
Date
Location
Lake Rotopounamu
Taupo District, Waikato, New Zealand
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist- Age
- Not specified
- Sex
- Not specified
- Behaviors
- Foraging or eating
Media notes
A hybrid (with Mallard) foraging along the shore of a lake. Pure Pacific Black Ducks are now very rare (maybe even extinct?) in New Zealand due to hybridisation with the exotic Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos). Elevation: 699 m. Date added to IBC: June 23, 2016.
Observation details
IBC scientific name: Anas superciliosa.
Collection
Internet Bird Collection (IBC)
Technical information
- Camera
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 9.22 MB