Male Mallard in water.

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Male Mallard. Largest dabbling duck and the most commonest and most widespread duck of the region and the origin of the farmyard duck. Drake's combination of green collar grey back and underparts and dark purple brown breast is matched by no other waterfowl.

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Size: 3780px × 2326px
Location: Abbotsbury Swannery, Abbotsbury, Dorset, UK.
Photo credit: © David Cantrille / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anas, bill., dabbling, dipping, dive, duck, ducks, feed, fly., green, head, largest, mallard, platyrhynchos., rarely, surface, unable, upending, water, young