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Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula x Smew Mergellus albellus hybrid

This hybrid is occasionally recorded in the wild but the only individual I have seen was in a wildfowl collection.


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captive male Common Goldeneye x Smew hybrid, Pensthorpe (Norfolk, UK), 5th February 2022



For comparison, here are photos of the parent species.

Common Goldeneye Smew
captive Common Goldeneye (Pensthorpe, UK), 5th February 2022 and captive Smew, St James's Park (London, UK), 16th March 2018


For more photos of these species follow the links below:





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