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Juvenile Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Description:

The mallard ducklings from my previous spotting have left the fledgling period and are now juveniles. With a black and orange bill, brown breast feathers and straight tail feathers, it looks to me like this one is a female. Spotted coming out of the water still covered with aquatic plants...

Habitat:

Wetlands. Temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa; introduced to New Zealand and Australia.

Notes:

Previous spotting is at http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/641... Found on a pond 1300m high. Mallards are found up to an altitude of 2000m.

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3 Comments

Hema  Shah
Hema Shah 11 years ago

Judging from the Supercillium, it does look like a female.
i feel that it is more challenging for the ducklings than it is for the Goslings. The Mallard ducklings are so tiny.
Most of the ducklings that I have seen have developed a female plumage.

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Thank you Ashley13!

Ashley13
Ashley13 12 years ago

Wow, I really like this picture.

DanielePralong
Spotted by
DanielePralong

Châtel-Saint-Denis, Fribourg - Freiburg, Switzerland

Spotted on Jun 27, 2011
Submitted on Jul 1, 2011

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