Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Anas platyrhynchos
- Class
- Bird
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By day
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America
- Habitat
- Wetlands, Rivers and lakes, Towns and farms
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Only female mallards give the loud quack; males make a softer, rasping sound.
- Almost all domestic duck breeds descend from the mallard, with the Muscovy duck as the main exception.
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q25348 · All animals · All entries