GREENHEAD…GREEN BODY? Mutant mallard!

by Skip Knowles • January 25, 2012 • 15 comments

 

Frankenmallard

This all-green mallard was taken in Dermott, Ark.

This viral photo of a solid green Frankenmallard crossed our desk courtesy of biologist and WILDFOWL contributor Brad Fenson, who got it from an outfitter, who got it from a little bird flying around the Internets…this supermallard would be gorgeous to see glimmering on a lake in the sun and would make a cool mount, but the question remains, is it just a nasty hybrid-domestic/muscovy inbreed from the local park that got a “Call of the Wild” urge to fly with his wild brethren into shotgun range? Or could it be a legitimate high-flying mutant mallard of true wild-bird genetics?

We’ve all seen photos of those gorgeous solid black/green rooster pheasants, and mildly mutated black/duck mallard hybrids. And dark colors are genetically dominant. What do you think? Have you seen a quacker like this Christmas-y freak? The duck was allegedly killed in Dermott, Ark.

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  • Mike B

    The pail yellow of the beaks leads me to believe it is a hybrid mallard, not in inbreed.

  • Dreese

    Almost looks like a Black East Indies.

    • Colton G.

      i thnk thts what happened a black duck mallard cross

  • chase

    Ive gotta pet Cayuga duck in a pond.looks just like it but with a black beak.so im guessing its a farm duck breed with a wild mallard that maybe flew to where its parent was.this making it have the wild temptation of flying off.leading to its final day infront of some steel

  • mother ducker

    seems like that fact is mallards will get it on with any duck that holds still long enough, yet on the other hand if it is a true mutation among wild birds that is a cool evolutionary part of nature that is to be respected.

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  • d cantrelle

    it was killed in louisiana. it s all over louisianasportsman.com

  • Ghetto

    I was searching for "solid green mallard" for info after seeing this picture last week from a friend that was hunting with the fella who killed said duck. It was in Arkansas.

  • ken

    It was killed,an is now in a Gumbo!!!!

  • Duck Thumper

    A friend if mine has a mallard/pintail cross mounted and is currently on display at Hackberry Flats headquarters near Fredrick, Okla. It's beautiful!!

  • Brent

    I mounted a Mallard/Pintail Drake Hybrid I took near Bunkie, LA in January 2011. Its amazing when comparing it to both species because it has so many characteristics of both!!

    • skip knowles

      Excellent, i look forward to one day finding a Canada Swan Goose ("swoose?") for the wall, or perhaps a long-tailed eider, lol

  • Smitty

    Gentlemen! Basic knowledge is, Mallard drakes will breed with each other, let alone other breeds. Living on a farm in MI, we have had cross breeds of multiple kinds with Mallards in our cattle ponds. They have no morals when it comes to breeding!

  • Briscoe

    Cayuga Ducks are all green

  • Anne

    Cayuge cross mallard F1s would be all black F1s cross mallard would give you 50% black off spring and 50% mallard marked off spring. If you want a first try the Albino (Pink eyed white) in England.