Bird Hybrid - Examples Sorted Taxonomically

Examples Sorted Taxonomically

• Goose hybrids, including Canada Goose x Greylag Goose, Emperor Goose x Canada Goose, Red-breasted Goose x Canada goose, Canada Goose x White-fronted Goose and Barnacle Goose x Canada Goose see also Gamebird hybrids.
• "Swoose" (swan x goose)
• Hybrid ducks of the genus Aythya, including birds which are a mixture of Tufted Duck, Greater Scaup, Common Pochard, Ferruginous Duck and Ring-necked Duck
• Other hybrid ducks, including Northern Pintail x Mallard, Ruddy Duck x White-headed Duck, Ruddy Shelduck x Common Shelduck, White-faced whistling duck x Plumed Whistling Duck, Baikal teal x Northern Pintail, Hooded merganser x Smew, Eurasian Wigeon x American wigeon and Mallard x New Zealand Black Duck. See also Mariana Mallard and Gamebird hybrids.
• Gamebird hybrids, including Capercaillie x Common Pheasant, Capercaillie x Black Grouse ("Rackelhahn") and Lady Amherst's Pheasant x Golden Pheasant see also Gamebird hybrids
• Hybrids of domestic fowl, including Chicken x Common Pheasant, Chicken x Guinea fowl, and Guinea fowl x Peafowl see also Gamebird hybrids
• Hybrid gull, including Glaucous Gull x Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull x Yellow-legged Gull

see main article hybridisation in gulls

• Several other families of Charadriiformes (shorebirds/waders)

see main article Hybridisation in shorebirds and Cox's Sandpiper

• Red Kite x Black Kite (unintended, in a falconry center)
• Eagle hybrids, including Golden Eagle, x Eastern Imperial Eagle, Lesser Spotted Eagle x Greater Spotted Eagle,
• Falcon hybrides include the Perlin: Peregrine Falcon x Merlin
• Penguins hybrid, including

interspecific hybrids:

Eudyptes chrysolophus (Royal Penguin) X Eudyptes .sp (Rockhopper Penguin) commonly known as the 'Machopper penguin'

Aptenodytes patagonicus (King Penguin) X Aptenodytes forsteri (Emperor Penguin) commonly named the 'Kingemperor' Hybrid Penguin.

Eudyptes chrysolophus (Macaroni Penguin) X Eudyptes .sp (Rockhopper Penguin) commonly known as the 'Machopper penguin'

Eudyptes chrysolophus (Macaroni Penguin) X Eudyptes schlegeli (Royal Penguin)

• Stork hybrid, including

interspecific hybrids:

Ciconia nigra (Black Stork) X Ciconia ciconia (White Stork)

e.g.

• Parrot hybrids, including

interfamilial hybrids:

Neophema chrysostoma (Blue-winged Parrot) X Nymphicus hollandicus (Cockatiel)

Inter-familial hybridization in birds is generally unheard of.

intergeneric hybrids:

e.g.

Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus (Hyacinth Macaw) X Ara ararauna (Blue-and-yellow Macaw) commonly known as the 'Caloshua' Hybrid Macaw ;

Eolophus roseicapillus (Rose-breasted or Galah Cockatoo) X Nymphicus hollandicus (Cockatiel) commonly named the 'Galatiel' Hybrid Cockatoo

Eolophus roseicapillus (Rose-breasted or Galah Cockatoo) X Cacatua galerita (Sulphur-crested Cockatoo) Hybrid Cockatoo.

Eolophus roseicapillus (Rose-breasted or Galah Cockatoo) X LicmetisSpp. (Corella) Sometimes referred to as "Garella", occurs occasionally in the wild.

Platycercus eximius (Easterned or Golden-mantled Rosella) X Psephotus haematonotus (Red-Rumped Parakeet).

interspecific hybrids:

e.g.

Amazona ochrocephala (Yellow-crowned Amazon) X A. auropalliata (Yellow-naped Amazon) ;

Ara ararauna (Blue & Gold Macaw) X A. macao (Scarlet Macaw) commonly known as either the 'Catalina' (worldwide) &/or the 'Rainbow' (primarily in Australia) Hybrid Macaw ;

Aratinga jandaya (Jenday Conure) X A. solstitialis (Sun Conure) commonly known as the 'Sun-Day' Hybrid Conure.

intraspecific hybrids:

e.g.

Eclectus roratus solomonensis (Solomon Island's Eclectus) X E. r. vosmaeri (Vosmaeri's Eclectus) commonly known as the 'Solo-Vos' Eclectus,

Psittacula krameri krameri (African Ringnecked Parakeet) X P. k. manillensis (Indian Ringnecked Parakeet, a common feral species in parts of Europe)

• Captive songbird hybrids, such as Mules, (Canary x British Finch) and crosses of finch species.
• Corvus hybrids such as (Rook x Jackdaw), Rookdaw (Rook x Raven) Rooven and Carrion Crow x Hooded Crow (Common in the British isles where Carrion and Hooded crows interbreed freely, which is not really hybridisation as they are both simply colour-variants of the same species of bird).

• Birds of Paradise include several examples of both intraspecific and interspecific hybridisation.