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Domestic Duck

Anas platyrhynchos

Photo by abcoblentz
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lori.tas
All domestic ducks, except for Muscovy ducks (which are not true ducks), are descended from Mallards. Thus domestic ducks are technically not separate species from Mallards.
abcoblentz
I had a feeling they were some kind of mixture of breeds. I've heard of mallards interbreeding with other species. They let me get rather close for a shot too!
lori.tas
Unless someone knows different, I believe you've spotted "pond ducks", i.e. feral mixed-breed ducks, often containing some mallard, that hang about near humans hoping for a hand out.
abcoblentz
These ducks were lying in the shade with a Male Mallard on the bank of a stream that runs through a city park.

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