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Mallard (male)

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

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Mallard, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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AshleyT
This is a domestic mallard, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus. Not a full species. You can tell by the solid white chest regular Mallards don't have, and the curled tail feathers are a dead giveaway that it has domestic blood in it.

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PublishedMarch 2, 2014

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