Check out photos online for Australasian Shoveler. Adult male has a white facial crescent.
Nick Komar Fort Collins CO > On Mar 25, 2019, at 3:50 PM, Sean Walters <waltersintherock...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Well, taking that idea a step further, I have seen a few male Northern > Shovelers with limited "white-face-crescents" (they were barely present in > the birds I can recall). Birds of North America states (for Alternate I, male > NOSH) > > Head and neck black with iridescent green medially. Some birds show a partial > white crescent on face similar in shape and location to that found on adult > male Blue-winged Teal. > > Here are a few examples of birds displaying varying amounts of this > > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S53783523 > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S50151354 > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S43315377 > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S15844033 > https://ebird.org/view/checklist/S26835905 > > Maybe there is a white-face-crescent gene hiding in Northern Shoveler. > > Sean Walters > Fort Collins, CO > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAErW0v72Bj2TtLEdDVbV6g3vHY7DHn82gw-zz080HKYqsq6Nwg%40mail.gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/DB8178ED-32F8-4DA8-8837-7C6F8297149A%40comcast.net. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
