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fkm 27/07/2011 02:30

Is it a Falcated Duck?

Dec. 2010, NSW

The duck does not resemble anything in the photoguide, closest match seems to be the Falcated Duck. A young male?

akhan 27/07/2011 08:29

This is Northern Male Pintail

fkm 27/07/2011 09:35

[quote]Original posted by [i]akhan[/i] at 27/07/2011 08:29 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=42013&ptid=14412][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
This is Northern Male Pintail [/quote]

Oops 3551shy445 ...but the green on its head...

Thank you for helping with my confusion.

ajohn 27/07/2011 09:59

I think the green tint to the head is probably due to the angle of sunlight hitting the feathers. The structure of some feathers can give a slight iridescence like this. The bird is definitely a male Northern Pintail.

fkm 27/07/2011 23:51

[quote]Original posted by [i]ajohn[/i] at 27/07/2011 09:59 [url=http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/redirect.php?goto=findpost&pid=42017&ptid=14412][img]http://www.hkbws.org.hk/BBS/images/common/back.gif[/img][/url]
I think the green tint to the head is probably due to the angle of sunlight hitting the feathers. The structure of some feathers can give a slight iridescence like this. The bird is definitely a male  ... [/quote]

Yes, once mentioned, the duck does resemble a male Pintail except the colors on its head. I doubt if it is the light though, I have taken hundreds of images for the Pintails and seems no others display such colors...perhaps a plumage variation of some sort?
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