🐾 Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos · wildlife atlas entry

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The mallard (/ˈmælɑːrd/ or /ˈmælərd/) ( Anas platyrhynchos ) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae. The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on wings and belly while the females (hens or ducks)... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Mallard — reference photo from iNaturalist — (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA) · cc-by-sa

Record card

Scientific name	Anas platyrhynchos
Rank	species
Community observations	979,547 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Anseriformes › family Anatidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Shirley, Solihull, UK
(c) natros01, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Shirley, Solihull, UK
(c) natros01, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Глазов, республика Удмуртия, Россия
(c) Сабрекова Зульфия, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Глазов, республика Удмуртия, Россия
(c) Сабрекова Зульфия, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-19 · Colney Street, UK
(c) stonecold1664, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-19 · Colney Street, UK
(c) stonecold1664, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND) · cc-by-nc-nd

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-24 · Центральная улица, дачный посёлок Кратово, Московская Область, RU
(c) dzhalal, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Mallard photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Центральный р-н, Воронеж, Воронежская обл., Россия
(c) ver_un_erizo, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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