Anas platyrhynchos ORDER: ANSERIFORMES FAMILY: ANATIDAE
IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern
© Marie Read
One of the most familiar of ducks, the Mallard is found throughout North America and all across Eurasia. Where it does not occur naturally, it often has been introduced. It is found in all kinds of wetlands and is a familiar inhabitant of urban park ponds.
Ducklings foraging Eric S. Liner; Potter Marsh, Anchorage, Alaska; June 2007
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Female foraging below water Timothy Barksdale; Jackson Hole, Wyoming; September 1997
Male chasing other ducks David O. Brown; Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; June 2004
Courtship behaviors Timothy Barksdale; February 2001
Courtesy of Macaulay Library © Cornell Lab of Ornithology.