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Domestic Duck

Anas platyrhynchos domesticus

Photo by gatorfellows
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Description:

Male Mallards have a dark, iridescent-green head and bright yellow bill. The gray body is sandwiched between a brown breast and black rear. Females and juveniles are mottled brown with orange-and-brown bills. Both sexes have a white-bordered, blue “speculum” patch in the wing.

Habitat:

On a small pond in a new housing development.

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