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Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
53.4316, 10.3886
Field Notes
Description:
Spotted on the pack-iced river Elbe, the male birds have a bright green or blue head, while the female's is light brown.
Habitat:
The Mallard is widely distributed across the 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.
The Mallard lives in wetlands, eats water plants, and is gregarious.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2012
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