Gadwall x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Mareca strepera x Anas acuta

Status: Rare casual spring visitor statewide

Records: The only record is of one at Mormon Canal, Knox Co 29 Mar 2024 (Tommy Childers, Joni Rauert; eBird.org).

Comments: Including the Nebraska record, there are only four Great Plains records, the others one in western Minnesota and two in eastern Colorado, along with another 30+ scattered across North America (eBird.org, accessed Jun 2024).

Literature Cited

Leschack, C. R., S. K. McKnight, and G. R. Hepp. 2020. Gadwall (Mareca strepera), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gadwal.01.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen. 2024. Gadwall x Northern Pintail (hybrid) (Mareca strepera x Anas acuta). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Updated 329Jun 2024