The Mallard Duck

Mallard is a green head, yellow bill and black rump duck found mainly in the northern hemisphere. Millions of mallard ducks live in North America and Eurasia. In today’s world Mallard duck is considered to be the most abundant duck.

Mallard is a medium size duck that measure about 18 to 27 inches in length. At the time of breeding the male duck has a green head with white neck ring. The body will be gray in color with chestnut colored breast. The bill of the duck is yellow in color with a black tip. The female duck is mottled brown in color with white tail. Both the male and the female have bluish purple inner wings. But the female has a mottled orange and brown bill.

At the normal times the plumage of the male is similar to the females but it retains its yellow bill and chestnut colored breast.

The mallard duck will spend its winter in the warmer climate areas of US, Central America, and West Indies.

Mallard ducks most inhabit the wetlands. They can be found along the ponds, lakes, river beds, marshes, estuaries and sometimes even in ditches.