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
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anatinae
Tribe: Anatini
Hybrid: Anas platyrhynchos × Mareca strepera

References
  1. "Confusing Domestic Ducks". www.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2016-04-09.
  2. http://www.aviculture-europe.nl/nummers/09e01a11.pdf
  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.
  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


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