Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) - HBW 1, p. 605
French: Canard colvert
German: Stockente
Spanish: Anade Azulón
Other common names: Greenhead, Common/Green headed/Northern Mallard (platyrhynchos); Greenland Mallard (conboschas); Florida Mallard/Duck (fulvigula); Mottled Mallard/Duck (fulvigula, maculosa); Mexican Mallard/Duck (diazi); Hawaiian Mallard/Duck, Koloa (wyvilliana); Laysan Mallard/Duck/Teal (laysanensis)
Taxonomy: Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758, Europe.
Forms superspecies with A. rubripes, A. melleri and A. undulata. A. rubripes sometimes considered subspecies of present species. Probable unstable hybrids of present species and A. superciliosa, found on some Micronesian islands, have been considered a different species, Mariana Duck (A. oustaleti). Races fulvigula and maculosa have been partitioned off in a different species, Mottled Duck (A. fulvigula). Races diazi, wyvilliana and laysanensis are also often considered full species. Hybridization recorded wi.. View all taxonomy...
Forms superspecies with A. rubripes, A. melleri and A. undulata. A. rubripes sometimes considered subspecies of present species. Probable unstable hybrids of present species and A. superciliosa, found on some Micronesian islands, have been considered a different species, Mariana Duck (A. oustaleti). Races fulvigula and maculosa have been partitioned off in a different species, Mottled Duck (A. fulvigula). Races diazi, wyvilliana and laysanensis are also often considered full species. Hybridization recorded with at least 23 other species of genus Anas, often producing fertile progeny, and also with several species of Aix, Alopochen, Anser, Branta, Tadorna, Cairina, Aythya and Somateria. Seven subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 - most of Palearctic and Nearctic.
- conboschas C. L. Brehm, 1831 - SW Greenland.
- fulvigula Ridgway, 1874 - Florida.
- platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 - most of Palearctic and Nearctic.
- conboschas C. L. Brehm, 1831 - SW Greenland.
- fulvigula Ridgway, 1874 - Florida.
- maculosa Sennett, 1889 - Atlantic S USA to Mexico.
- diazi Ridgway, 1886 - extreme S USA, from Arizona to Texas, S to C Mexico.
- wyvilliana P. L. Sclater, 1878 - Kauai and Oahu Is (Hawaii).
- laysanensis Rothschild, 1892 - Laysan I (to NW of Hawaii).
- Least Concern
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Just before copulation, the drake and hen typically float face-to-face and pump their heads up and down. This water ballet consi Ventura County, California, USA (ssp platyrhynchos)
Don DesJardin 12 February 2010 23 weeks ago 54 sec 4.7 -
Close views of 2 males and one female foraging. Ventura County, California, USA (ssp platyrhynchos)
Don DesJardin 11 January 2010 26 weeks ago 55 sec 4.7 -
Lateral views of a drake and hen swimming together as an apparent bonded pair. Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (ssp platyrhynchos)
Don DesJardin 30 December 2008 1 year ago 32 sec 4.7 -
Duck flipping in UltraSlo motion at 1900 frames per second. Long Island, New York, USA
UltraSlo 19 February 2009 1 year ago 1 min 38 sec 4.4 -
Six adult males dabbling in freshwater pond Anchorage, Alaska, USA
Wayne Hall 7 June 2009 1 year ago 1 min 8 sec 4.3 -
A male taking off and flying. Sariñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (ssp platyrhynchos)
Jesús Laborda 13 January 2010 26 weeks ago 26 sec 4.2
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Female preening Teich Bird Reserve, Gironde, Aquitanie, France
Nicole Bouglouan 1 July 2005 16 weeks ago 4.3 -
Male Doha Zoo, Doha, Qatar
John A Thompson 31 January 2009 5 weeks ago 4.2 -
at red lake in Transilvania Sfantu Gheorghe, Covasna County, Romania (ssp platyrhynchos)
marius ursaciuc 25 August 2007 18 weeks ago 4.2 -
Mallard Ducklings following male and female Mallard England, UK
Haynesey 27 March 2009 1 year ago 4.2 -
A male adult swimming. Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp platyrhynchos)
Alberto Soria 6 March 2010 18 weeks ago 4 -
A male adult swimming. Barcelona Zoo, Barcelona, Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp platyrhynchos)
Alberto Soria 6 March 2010 18 weeks ago 4
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Several drakes calling and one display calling at the end London Wetland Centre, London, England, UK
(ssp laysanensis)
Stuart Fisher 13 February 2010 23 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of at least 3 birds flushed from a ditch at night of which the female calls are more prominent Surrey, England, UK
(ssp platyrhynchos)
Stuart Fisher 1 year ago 4
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