{"id":17326,"date":"2012-07-17T13:53:28","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:12:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:12:46","slug":"mallard-anas-platyrhynchos","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/","title":{"rendered":"Mallard Anas platyrhynchos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. It is strongly migratory in the northern parts of its breeding range, and winters farther south. For example, in North America it winters south to Mexico, but also regularly strays into Central America and the Caribbean between September and May.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Mallard\u00a0<i>Anas\u00a0platyrhynchos<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-50-17326\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-8322\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard_0_snapseed.jpg\" title=\"Mallard Anas platyrhynchos\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard Anas platyrhynchos\" alt=\"Mallard Anas platyrhynchos\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard_0_snapseed.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard Anas platyrhynchos<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-331\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-9.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-9.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-330\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-8.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Altenrhein SG, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Altenrhein SG, Switzerland\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-8.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-329\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-7.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-7.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-328\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-6.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-6.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-327\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-5.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-5.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-326\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-4.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-325\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-3.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Bolle di Magadino TI, Switzerland\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-324\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-2.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Gubbeen, Co. Cork, Republic of Ireland\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-323\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-14.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rhine Delta, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-14.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-322\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-13.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-13.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-321\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-12.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheindamm, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-12.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-320\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-11.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheindelta, Hoechster Ried, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-11.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-319\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-10.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at s&#039;Albufeira Marsh, Mallorca, Spain\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-10.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-318\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-1.jpg\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) at Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria\" alt=\"Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos\/thumbs\/thumbs_mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mallard.mp3\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">mallard<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. It is strongly migratory in the northern parts of its breeding range, and winters farther south. For example, in North America it winters south to Mexico, but also regularly strays [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":826846,"parent":17273,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[1344,1097],"class_list":["post-17326","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-anas-platyrhynchos","tag-mallard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17326\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17273"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}