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Male Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Photo by HemaShah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large dabbling duck with glossy green head
Black hind end with white tail
Silvery-gray sides and chestnut brown breast
Bright yellow bill

http://www.weeksbay.org/photo_gallery/ducks/ducks.htm
This is the breeding plumage

Habitat:

local pond

Reference Links:

Mallard, Mallard, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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PublishedDecember 3, 2011

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