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mallard: see duck duck, common name for wild and domestic waterfowl of the family Anatidae, which also includes geese and swans. It is hunted and bred for its meat, eggs, and feathers. Strictly speaking, duck refers to the female and drake to the male. ..... Click the link for more information. . mallardAbundant “wild duck” (Anas platyrhynchos, family Anatidae) of the Northern Hemisphere, ancestor of most domestic ducks. The mallard is a typical dabbling duck in its general habits and courtship display. The drake of the common mallard (subspecies A. p. platyrhynchos) has a metallic green or purplish head, reddish breast, and light-gray body; the hen is mottled yellowish brown. Both sexes have a yellow bill and a purplish blue, white-bordered wing mark. Males and females of the Greenland mallard (A. p. conboschas) also differ markedly in plumage. In the other subspecies, both sexes resemble the female common mallard. Mallards are found throughout most of Asia, Europe, and northern North America. |
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Retrograde movement of urine into the gut of saline acclimated mallard ducks, Anas platyrhynchos. Bluhn & Patricia Adair Gowaty, Social Constraints on Female Mate Preference in Mallards' Anas Platyrhynchos Decrease Offspring Viability and Mother Productivity, 68 ANIMAL BEHAV. Studies on some urban Mallard Anas platyrhynchos populations in Scandinavia. |
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