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Metadata
Title: Mallard drake
Alternative Title: Anas platyrhynchos
Creator: Bauer, Erwin and Peggy
Source: WV11658-003
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER-PUBLICATIONS AND TRAINING MATERIALS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: waterfowl, duck, migratory
Date Issued: February 04 2002
Mallard Duck - Anas platyrhynchos
The mallard or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa. Anas platyrhynchos belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae.
