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Eurasian merganser x Common eider Hybrid at Dortmund

Mergus merganser merganser x Somateria mollissima mollissima

Eurasian merganser x Common eider Hybrid at Dortmund
Eagle, 27 Nov 2012
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    • Eagle
      Mergus merganser merganser x Somateria mollissima mollissima
    • FBBird
      Eurasian Merganser x Common Eider

      While nobody would produce this on purpose, it's very handsome, and shows its parentage clearly.
    • gentle lemur
      I presume this bird was bred at Dortmund. The same unusual cross breeding happened in the Martin Mere WWT collection a few years ago. The hybrids were known as 'gooders' (goosander x eider).

      Alan
    • IanRRobinson
      What a strange looking bird. As FB Bird says, you can see its parentage.

      What's the oddest waterfowl hybrid anyone has seen?
    • KCZooFan
      The bill here is facinating. Combining two very distinctive bill types. Waterfowl hybrids are usually quite handsome.
    • zoogiraffe
      Barnacle x Bar-headed Goose
    • kingfisher
      @Eagle How can I contact you, we would linke to use your photo for a publication concerning the identification of a wild hybrid goosander(=common merganser) x eider- cetainly only with your permission...
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