Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 662,661
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The mallard or wild duck is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa. It has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. Belonging to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae, mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Mallard”.