mallard - anas platyrhynchos

One of the most familiar of ducks, the Mallard is is found in all kinds of wetlands and is a familiar inhabitant of urban park ponds.
The Mallard is the ancestor of nearly all domestic duck breeds. Many of the domestic breeds look like the wild birds, but usually are larger. They are variable in plumage, often lacking the white neck ring or having white on the chest. Feral domestic ducks breed with wild Mallards and produce a variety of forms that often show up with wild ducks, especially in city parks.
Mallard pairs form long before the spring breeding season. Pairing takes place in the fall, but courtship can be seen all winter. Only the female incubates the eggs and takes care of the ducklings
wilde eend (dutch)
canard colvert (French)
pato de collar (Spanish)
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[Movielunatic]

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[Frankster81]

Good video. I study animal behaviior (so far nearly 8 years with the same flock (for the most part) of wild mallards. I think the hen in this video, after she slung off the excess water, did something that the hens do here as well that I haven't figured out the meaning of:...She keeps her tail feathers fanned out. I thought perhaps she was drying them out but I have seen them do that even after having been out of the water for some time. The duckling mortality rate here at this lake is sky high.

[chargerondavins]

actually many domestic mallard-derrived ducks look nothing like mallards, and often times in parks they introduce the domestic breeds either on purpose or by idiots who buy easter ducks and dont want to care for them.

[jhoogveld]

Leuke video! ^_^ Zelf hou ik ook van eenden. Ik maak regelmatig foto's en film opnames van eenden in parkjes en natuurgebieden.

[123arielb]

cute ^_^