Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Anas platyrhynchos x acuta

Status: Rare casual winter visitor and spring migrant.

Records: There are eight records:

6 Dec 2021 Santee, Knox Co, shot by hunter (fide Mark Brogie, pers. comm.)

14 Dec 2020 Scotts Bluff Co (DeLara, eBird.org)

28 Dec 2013 Lincoln Co (Jorgensen, video, below),

29 Dec 2023 Gering WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)

1 Mar 2001 Lincoln Co (Brees, eBird.org)

1 Mar 2018 Clay Co (Ward, eBird.org)

2 Mar 2023 Sutherland Reservoir, Lincoln Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)

3 Mar 2022 Scottsbluff WTP, Scotts Bluff Co (Mlodinow, eBird.org)

 

 

Comments: This is a common hybrid combination across North America, but with fewest records, about 15, on the Great Plains. Discussion of this hybrid and photographs can be accessed at Bird Hybrids: Mallard x Northern Pintail.

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Recommended Citation

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

Updated 17 Mar 2024