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Posted by Bill Pranty on 12:30:51 07/19/07
In Reply to: Re: Superb Starling Mystery posted by Georgiana
Hi Georgiana,
You're right that monitoring the "hybrid young" over the next few weeks will be important -- and probably will be quite enlightening if they are hybrids (WHAT WILL they look like?).
Funny you should ask about European Starlings and Common Mynas. The first part of the answer is no: just because a SUST may hybridize with a COMY doesn't mean that it could hybridize with any other sturnid. But, two years ago, there was an observation of a European Starling and a Common Myna sharing a nest in a Publix sign at Jacksonville (where COMYs are pretty scarce ...) and feeding fledglings. I don't know if photos were obtained; I really should look into that report. Thanks for reminding me.
BTW, Mallard x Muscovy Duck is a cross-genus hybrid pairing that occurs in Florida at least occasionally -- if not annually. And there are lots of cross-genus warbler pairings.
Best regards,
Bill Pranty
Bayonet Point, Florida
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