Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
- Family
- Ducks, Swans, and Geese (Anatidae)
- Order
- Anseriformes
Overview
The mallard () or wild duck (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck that breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Eurasia, and North Africa. It has been introduced to New Zealand, Australia, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, the Falkland Islands, and South Africa. Belonging to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae, mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes.
Males (drakes) have green heads, while the females (ducks) have mainly brown-speckled plumage.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Continents
Countries
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brunei
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- China
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Dominican Republic
- Egypt
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guam
- Haiti
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kosovo
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Reunion
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- South Korea
- Spain
- St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Uzbekistan
- Vatican City
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Mallard
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
