Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
Mallard
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Animal
Sublevel 1: Vertebrate
Sublevel 2: Bird
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Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Species: Anas platyrhynchos
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin: Native (Nonbreeding/Overwintering), Introduced, Recent (Breeding)
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No
Rarity Designations: None
BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY
Feeding Type: Heterotroph
HABITAT
PHOTOS OF Anas platyrhynchos
In a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2011-03-12
Female with duckling, in a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2010-05-30
Female, in a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2010-05-30
Female with ducklings, in a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2010-05-30
Male, in a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2010-04-01
Male, in a beaver pond
Essex County, MA
Date: 2010-04-01
In a city park
Cook County, IL
Date: 2003-10-07
In a city park
Cook County, IL
Date: 2003-10-07
Great Meadows National Wildlife Refuge
Middlesex County, MA
Date: 2006-12-27
Female, near the Ipswich River
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-04-28
In the Ipswich River
Essex County, MA
Date: 2007-04-28