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Domestic Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Photo by MelissaZ
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Field Notes

Description:

The duck in the middle: green head, uniformly colored brown body, and a white breast.

Habitat:

Fox River

Notes:

Is this a cross between a Mallard and a Northern Shoveler or another type of duck?

Species ID Suggestions

Domestic Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

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Comments (1)
triggsturner
Hi Melissa, you are right that your duck is a mallard hybrid (possibly with a domestic Aylesbyry type breed but that could have been several generations ago). They are reasonably common in parks and gardens around the world where mallard exist. most of them seem to have the white chest but the green head is more unusual as is more often brown or black in my experience.

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