Any ideas on the breed?

[CityChicker]

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Yeah, the underside of the actual wing. If the bird is pure for wild-type (aka Grey/Mallard), then it should be white. I am just curious as to what it looks like because there is some question as to whether dusky is incompletely dominant. Campbells are dusky based, whereas Mallards/Rouens are wild-type. Your bird is definitely not a Campbell, but the lack of neck ring and the solid grey body (although this often changes from juvenile plumage to adult/nuptial plumage) might indicate that your bird also carries dusky, just not pure like a Campbell would be.

 

[rollyard]

His (he is a drake) duckling down pattern is that of a wild-type mallard (dorsal spots, eye-stripes etc). Later photos & he looks (but we can't be really sure can we) to be split wide-type mallard/dusky to me? Underwing colour is likely to be white regardless due to the wild-type influence. He is currently losing his juvenile plumage & aquiring his first nuptial plumage, but I have found that it can take some time for colour to come through. Still, I would have expected to see some evidence of claret breast @ least if pure for wild-type mallard @ this stage. You may find that some broken claret starts to come through a little later on?

 

[CityChicker]

Ross! Great to see you posting again here. We need to hear your input more regularly. I miss you! I had thought the same as you- that the bird is probably m+/m^d. I had asked about the under wing color just more for my own curiosity to see what happens in the heterozygotes. I have had a few people recently that are strongly thinking that the m^d does not show in the splits (which I don't agree with) and was just looking for potentially another difference from wild type that might be present in those birds. I fully agree with you though.

 

[rollyard]

Hi Dana. Out of curiosity, I too would be interested to know what colour he is under the wing

 

[Anny]

The under side of the wing is White.