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 Enlarge map
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first a male ( yelow bill and eclipse plumage ), later a female. both looking upwards Locality Font Moixina, Zona Volcànica de la Garrotxa Natural Park, Girona Province, Catalonia, Spain (ssp platyrhynchos)
Ferran Vaquero 16 September 2011 1 year ago 33 sec 4 -
Youngs feeding and later swimming together with their mother. Locality Dronten, Flevoland Province, Netherlands (ssp platyrhynchos)
Yoel Jimenez 10 May 2011 2 years ago 49 sec 4 -
A male. Locality Antwerp Province, Belgium (ssp platyrhynchos)
Jeremiusz Trzaska 20 December 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A close-up of different females Locality Helsinki, Southern Finland Province, Finland (ssp platyrhynchos)
Javier Ortas 28 July 2010 2 years ago 32 sec 4 -
A male & a female Mallard enjoying the rain Locality Austria (ssp platyrhynchos)
Andreas Gruber 22 May 2010 2 years ago 2 min 9 sec 4 -
Female with 2-3 day old ducklings Locality Westchester Lagoon, Anchorage, Alaska, USA (United States) (ssp platyrhynchos)
Wayne Hall 31 May 2010 2 years ago 1 min 16 sec 4
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Male engaged in courtship display. Mallards are known to form pair bonds during the winter and are already mated upon arrival on
Locality LaSalle Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 22 January 2012 1 year ago 4 -
Group of birds basking on rocky shore.
Locality LaSalle Park, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Miriam Bauman 22 January 2012 1 year ago 4 -
A male and female in full breeding plumage, feeding at the frozen river Nevėžys at Kėdainiai Old-town.
Locality Kėdainiai, Kaunas County, Lithuania
Boris Belchev 28 February 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A male mallard cruising along a river
Locality Namur Province, Belgium (ssp platyrhynchos)
zari 24 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A female mallard swimming in the sunrise
Locality Namur Province, Belgium (ssp platyrhynchos)
zari 24 April 2011 1 year ago 4 -
Female showing wing lining.
Locality Laurel Creek Conservation Area, Waterloo, Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada (ssp platyrhynchos)
Miriam Bauman 11 September 2011 1 year ago 4
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Sounds by a group of birds while feeding on the water. Locality George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada
(ssp platyrhynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 17 August 2012 31 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by several birds. Locality George C. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary, British Columbia, Canada
(ssp platyrhynchos)
Josep del Hoyo 17 August 2012 31 weeks ago 4 -
Several drakes calling and one display calling at the end Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain
(ssp laysanensis)
Stuart Fisher 13 February 2010 3 years ago 4 -
Calls of at least 3 birds flushed from a ditch at night of which the female calls are more prominent Locality Surrey, England, Great Britain
(ssp platyrhynchos)
Stuart Fisher 4 years ago 4
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