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Anas platyrhynchos
Spotted on Nov 1, 2011
Submitted on Nov 2, 2011
4 Comments
Rouens and a Pekin.
If you think it was bigger than a wild mallard, it could well be a hybrid! http://10000birds.com/manky-mallards-dom... Scroll down a little on this page, there is a breed of domestic mallard called a Rouen that just looks like a beefier version of the wild mallard. Maybe this is the kind of duck in the photo! Either way, it's definitely a mallard, wildtype or otherwise :)
So a mallard can be any size?
The plumage definitely says mallard to me!