Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos · Bird

The mallard lives on almost any fresh or salt water, from park ponds and rivers to lakes and estuaries, across the northern world. Outside the breeding season the birds gather in large flocks; northern birds fly south for the winter. It is a major game bird, eaten since ancient times, and almost every domestic duck descends from it.

Danger

Harmless

How it is met

In flocks, by day

Size

Small

In winter

Leaves for winter

Where it lives

Marsh, River, Lake, Pond, Estuary

Feeds on

Wild Rice

Gives

Mallard Meat

Sources

• Mallard. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2026.
• Canard colvert. Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre, 2026.
• Dave Rogers, Anas platyrhynchos (mallard). Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology, 2001.

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