I guess it's most likely that if Australian Shoveller has contributed
to this bird's genome it's from an escapee.
However in thinking about hybrids remember that the Northern Shoveller
immature plumage has the moustachal stripe of the Australian
Shoveller.
John Leonard
On 08/04/2008, Nikolas Haass <> wrote:
> Currently there is an interesting bird in Hessen, Germany. There is an
> ongoing discussion about the identity of this bird:
> New Zealand form of Australian Shoveler or Northern Shoveler x Blue-winged
> Teal hybrid?
> On this link: http://www.hgon-birdnet.de/birdnet/index.aspx
> there are a few photos of this bird (unfortunately the discussion is in
> German, scroll down to see the photos and klick on them to enlarge them).
>
> I am interested in comments from people with experience with all plumages
> (including 2nd year male) of Australian Shoveler.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Nikolas
>
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