Please help identify this duck.

[MillieTyler]

I live on a lake where domesticated ducks are dropped off along with the wild ducks. I’m looking for help identifying one of them. I think she is a Cayuga Duck. She appears to be a black duck till you see her in the sun. Then she lights up with aqua, turquoise, purple, with a green head. Her colors are vibrant, metallic looking. She’s about 7 lbs. Her quack sounds like a loud exhale. She has a crown that she raises when she’s afraid making her head appear pointy. Thx!

 

[casportpony]

Looks like a Muscovy cross to me.

 

[MillieTyler]

I looked at the Muscovy. Mine doesn’t have the red around her eyes.

 

[casportpony]

The Muscovy crosses (mules & hinnies) often don't have the red.

 

[casportpony]

One of 2 female hybrids she had there, quite pretty!

One of the drakes, love the sheen on them!

The other female, quite small... about half the size of the drakes.......

This one was massive! I love it's markings....

The size difference makes me think they are hinnies...

Check those out.

 

[MillieTyler]

The Muscovy crosses (mules & hinnies) often don't have the red.

Interesting! Which feature(s) on my duck do you think resemble a Muscovy? She has wings that criss-cross on top of her and look like they’re floating above her, like they’re not attached. She also has a pink beak.

 

[MangoDuck]

I live on a lake where domesticated ducks are dropped off along with the wild ducks. I’m looking for help identifying one of them. I think she is a Cayuga Duck. She appears to be a black duck till you see her in the sun. Then she lights up with aqua, turquoise, purple, with a green head. Her colors are vibrant, metallic looking. She’s about 7 lbs. Her quack sounds like a loud exhale. She has a crown that she raises when she’s afraid making her head appear pointy. Thx!

She might be a Cayuga/Rouen hybrid, but it also looks like she could be a Cayuga/Muscovy hybrid or a Mallard/Muscovy hybrid, I’m not sure. Good luck figuring it out!