Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)

Anas platyrhynchos x acuta

Status: Rare casual winter visitor and spring migrant.

Records: There are five 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),

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

1 Mar 2018 Clay Co (Ward, 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. 2022. Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid) (Anas platyrhynchos x acuta). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Updated 25 Mar 2022