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Anas platyrhynchos
This looks like a male mallard except for the absence of the characteristic green head and the coloring on his back that seems different from the classic colors. Perhaps a hybrid with some other species?
Along an inland fresh water canal in western Boca Raton, FL.
He was with a group of FL mottled ducks but was a little larger and distinctly different looking. You can see most of one of the mottled ducks in the second photo.
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He doesn't look to be a hybrid, just looks like he is in eclipse plumage. Still a Mallard though.