Dundee, Scotland, UK, 27th April 2015. UK Weather. Spring is the mating season for Mallard Ducks at Clatto Park Pond in Dundee, Scotland. Credit: Dundee Photographics / Alamy Live News
Spring is the mating season for Mallard Ducks at Clatto Park Pond in Dundee. The mallard also known as the wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, the Falkland Islands and South Africa. This duck belongs to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae. The male birds (drakes) have a glossy green head and are grey on wings and belly, while the females have mainly brown-speckled plumage. Mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are gregarious. This species is the ancestor of most breeds of domestic Mallard duck is a protected species.
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Location: Dundee, Angus, Tayside, Scotland, United Kingdom
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