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Anas platyrhynchos
Spotted on Sep 27, 2011
Submitted on May 8, 2012
4 Comments
Thank you both!
This is a male Mallard. It is either a juvenile almost finished its moult into adult breeding (alternate) plumage or an adult in the final stages of moult from eclipse plumage. Either way, it is a beautiful duck and photo!!
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/717...
Forest Dragon is right.
It is probably a Mallard Duck. This could be a juvenile that is coming into his adult plumage or it could be a hybrid.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard