Ducks or Geese ID's Please

I think the first is a female Canvasback but i am problably wrong my ID skills are not that great.
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The First 2 are Mallards and the last ones are Muscovy

hTr wrote in post #9776522
The First 2 are Mallards and the last ones are Muscovy

Thanks for the ID Gary, I think the Muscovy is lost though i have never seen one of these before and from what i have read on the internet they are native to Texas and south America, don't they know we get lots of snow up here. With the mallards do they cross breed because i seen some odd ball coloured mallards the last while.

woody64 wrote in post #9780620
Thanks for the ID Gary, I think the Muscovy is lost though i have never seen one of these before and from what i have read on the internet they are native to Texas and south America, don't they know we get lots of snow up here. With the mallards do they cross breed because i seen some odd ball coloured mallards the last while.

Woody - none of those birds in your pictures are wild birds. The top birds are not true mallards, they are domesticated hybrids. The Muscovy is a popular domesticated breed.

Nice pictures!

Ornithologist wrote in post #9780683
Woody - none of those birds in your pictures are wild birds. The top birds are not true mallards, they are domesticated hybrids. The Muscovy is a popular domesticated breed.

Nice pictures!

Care to elaberate, what do you meen not wild? these were not shot at a zoo or a farm, these were shot at a river that runs through town.

woody64 wrote in post #9782496
Care to elaberate, what do you meen not wild? these were not shot at a zoo or a farm, these were shot at a river that runs through town.

Someone released those birds. Quite common in towns. The duck that remotely looks like a mallard is most likely a wild mallard/peking duck (or a similar domesticated breed).

That doesn't take anything away from the pictures! They are still very nice!

Ornithologist wrote in post #9782647
Someone released those birds. Quite common in towns. The duck that remotely looks like a mallard is most likely a wild mallard/peking duck (or a similar domesticated breed).

That doesn't take anything away from the pictures! They are still very nice!

No worries, just weren't sure what you meant. Funny i have never seen these before around here. Is the mallard some kind of cross breed?

woody64 wrote in post #9782804
No worries, just weren't sure what you meant. Funny i have never seen these before around here. Is the mallard some kind of cross breed?

The mallard in your picture is definitely a hybrid. Here is a pair of pure bred Mallards (female in front, drake in the back).