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Mallard duck
Anas platyrhynchos
39.0936, -111.133
Field Notes
Description:
Female Description
Brownish all over with mottled streaking of buff, white, and dark brown. Face paler than body. Dark line through eye. Dark streak on crown. Belly pale. Tail whitish. Under tail pale. Bill orange or yellow marked with variable splotches of black. Legs red-orange.
Immature Description
Juvenile similar to female.
Habitat:
One of the most familiar of ducks, the Mallard is found throughout North America and all across Eurasia. Where it does not occur naturally, it often has been introduced. It is found in all kinds of wetlands and is a familiar inhabitant of urban park ponds.
Species ID Suggestions
Mallard Duck
Anas platyrhynchos
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