Subject: [Tweeters] Wood duck and Hooded merganser hybrids
Date: Feb 12 09:08:06 2009
From: Eugene and Nancy Hunn - enhunn323 at comcast.net


Tweets,



I recall some years ago watching a male Mallard chasing a presumed female
Fulvous Whistling Duck around and around the cage at the Sonora Desert
Museum near Tucson trying to mount her. This might have produced an
interesting hybrid, unless I misinterpreted Mr. Mallard's intentions.



Gene Hunn

18476 47th Pl NE

Lake Forest Park

enhunn323 at comcast.net



From: tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu
[mailto:tweeters-bounces at mailman2.u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Larry
Schwitters
Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2009 10:03 PM
To: ROBERT L BOGGS
Cc: Tweeters
Subject: Re: [Tweeters] Wood duck and Hooded merganser hybrids



I've now spent some internet time on this and have discovered that the Wood
Duck comes in second to the Mallard in the total number of different species
it has been known to cross breed with........26.



What may be a factor is that the Hooded Merganser is "different" from the
rest of the mergansers, and the Wood Duck is not really a dabbler, but is
now put in the group of perching ducks.



I still want to see a DNA test.



Larry Schwitters

Issaquah

On Feb 11, 2009, at 9:36 PM, ROBERT L BOGGS wrote:





According to Handbook of Avian Hybrids of the World, by Eugene McCarthy, on
page 69, there are 2 species of accounts of this mix.



They are "NHR" "Natural hybridization reported. Hybridization has been
reported to occur under natural circumstances".



Also: "BRO" "Breeding range overlap".



JRagland

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