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Mallard (female)
Anas platyrhynchos
42.3584, -71.0598
Field Notes
Description:
The male birds have a bright green or blue head, while the female's is light brown. The Mallard lives in wetlands, eats water plants, and is gregarious. It is also migratory.
Habitat:
Northern Hemisphere, North America from southern and central Alaska to Mexico, the Hawaiian Islands, and across Eurasia, from Iceland and southern Greenland and parts of Morocco (North Africa) in the west, Scandinavia to the north, and to Siberia, Japan, and China in the east
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Mallard
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PublishedJuly 27, 2011
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