Help with duck ID...

[ChadL03]

Picture showing size compared to mallard hen and grey duck hen.

Picture showing width and coloration of bill compared to a mallard hen.

[Blackduck]

Pintail mallet hybrid that bred with a mallard again. 2nd generation maybe. Sure doesn't have much pintail in it

[RedEyed Duck]

Its an old hen mallard obviously

[Dux Be Us]

Mottled hen

[blgros1]

Mottled hen

Negative ghost rider.

[ChadL03]

It came in with a drake gray duck so I'm leaning more towards a gadwall x mallard hybrid but it is tough to say being it is a hen. The bill looks like a gadwall hen except for the specks. Its my first hybrid either way and no I didn't kill it at Crossgates WMA

[Alex]

Why were you shooting hens ? A man of your stature doesnt do such things ! Pintail/Gadwall Hen is my guess.

[Wingman]

Very interesting.

[Bullet]

Mallard x Gadwall. Bill looks to be of Gadwall descent. Also the speculum has white in it along with the black. Gads are only duck with white speculum. Thats my guess

[kris Schaumburg]

you lying "illegitimate child", i thought you didn't know where any water was?

[Double R 2]

Commonly refered to as "Wall Hanmger" in my household! Nice bird. Gadwal x mallard cross is a Brewer's Duck and I don't think that's the case. I'm guessing maybe gadwall x green-wing or pintail.

[arduckslayer]

Mallard x Gadwall. Bill looks to be of Gadwall descent. Also the speculum has white in it along with the black. Gads are only duck with white speculum. Thats my guess

+1 on hen Mallard x Gadwall, or Brewer's duck. The hen feathers look like that of a hen mallard to me, and the green in the wing is the mix of blue from the mallard as well. If it were a pintail or greenwing hybrid, it would be smaller.

[ChadL03]

Why were you shooting hens ? A man of your stature doesnt do such things ! Pintail/Gadwall Hen is my guess.

Hens get in the way sometimes! That was just the hens for comparison. The rest were drakes I'm starting to lean a little more towards pintail x gadwall now that y'all brought that up. I'm guessing a mallard cross would have more blue in the speculum.

you lying "illegitimate child", i thought you didn't know where any water was?

Well it has rained a good bit since we last talked

Commonly refered to as "Wall Hanmger" in my household! Nice bird. Gadwal x mallard cross is a Brewer's Duck and I don't think that's the case. I'm guessing maybe gadwall x green-wing or pintail.

I am debating on whether or not to mount her. If it was a drake it would be a no brainer...

[arduckslayer]

Why were you shooting hens ? A man of your stature doesnt do such things ! Pintail/Gadwall Hen is my guess.

Hens get in the way sometimes! That was just the hens for comparison. The rest were drakes I'm starting to lean a little more towards pintail x gadwall now that y'all brought that up. I'm guessing a mallard cross would have more blue in the speculum.

A if it were Pintail x Gadwall, it would be smaller. The green in the wings comes from the "mixing" of the Gadwall speculum and the Mallard speculum.

[kris Schaumburg]

just from looking at male brewers duck (gad/mallard) pictures, most of them have green specs too, so i think whichever Pitt posted above me is probably correct. I don't see pintail at all when I look at it. A hen pinny has one of the most distinct feather patterns out of all the pudller hens, I think if there was pintail in it it would stick out like a sore thumb. I wish it was mixed with a pintail, I bet it would be beautiful. Very cool bird either way and we'll never know for sure.

I wonder how many of these get killed and simply strapped as either a hen grey or a hen mallard. My guess is a bunch based upon how many reports you see about the males getting shot. You'd be amazed at how many people can misidentify a full blooded grey.