Brewer's duck

Brewer's duck^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} is an intergeneric hybrid between a mallard and a gadwall. John James Audubon painted a specimen,^[7][8] also referring to it as a Bemaculated Duck,^[9] a misspelling of "bimaculated".^[10]

Brewer's duck
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Subfamily:	Anatinae
Tribe:	Anatini
Hybrid:	Anas platyrhynchos × Mareca strepera

References

1. "Confusing Domestic Ducks". Birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
2. Jorn Lehmhus. "Brewer's Duck : A Hybrid with a History" (PDF). Aviculture-europe.nl. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
3. "Brewer's Duck - Original Audubon 1st Edition Octavo". Default Store View. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
4. Gerlach, John and Barbara (2015-04-17). Digital Nature Photography: The Art and the Science. CRC Press. ISBN 9781317805144.
5. "Mallard Duck - Environment". Environment. 2016-01-15. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
6. "They're birds of a different color, these hybrid ducks". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
7. Audubon, John James (1839-01-01). A Synopsis of the Birds of North America. H. & C. Black. ISBN 9780608434988.
8. The Birds of America: 6. V.G. Audubon. 1856-01-01.
9. "Bemaculated Duck". Audubon. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
10. "Bimaculate". The Free Dictionary.

 

Audubon's painting