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Mallard or wild duck - male juveniles

Anas platyrhynchos

Photo by Rustic 41
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Description:

This is a male mallard, or drake, that is beginning to obtain its coloring: a green neck and head and blue feathers as part of its wings. The mallard following the one in the center is further along in developing its green colored neck and head.

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