Originally posted by WPRESTO An interesting duck preening itself. At a zoo and unfortunately I did not record the name/species
Ringed Teal (Callonetta leucophrys), native to northern Argentina. I once saw a Ringed Teal in Toronto, undoubtedly a feral individual escaped from captivity. It looked so unlike any single species that I had to sketch it because I knew I would't remember all of its gaudy features by they time I got to a library to consult books on waterfowl of the world (back in the days before the worldwide web). I've never forgotten its appearance because it looks like a chimera assembled from parts of Blue-winged Teal, Eurasian Wigeon, Green-winged Teal, and who knows what else.