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Mallard
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| Length: |
23
inches |
Song: |
quack-quack-quack-quack-quack-quack /
kwek-kwek-kwek |
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Wingspan: |
30-40
inches |
Behavior: |
likes the water a
lot |
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Weight: |
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Breeding: |
Monogamous,
solitary nester |
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Habitat: |
lakes, ponds, & fields |
Population: |
common to abundant |
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Migration: |
Migratory |
Feeders: |
plant food, insects, mollusks,
& crustaceans |
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Appearance: |
gray-brown back, white sides &
underparts, white tail, white collar, yellow bill, purple-chestnut
breast, shiny green head, & metallic blue-violet speculum with white
border |
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Interesting Facts:
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harvested in great duck hunters
& gets lead poisoning by eating food that was
shot; one of the best-known waterfowl in the world. |
Compiled by
Sydney, Middletown
Elementary School, Louisville, KY
Information from Birds of North America Smithsonian Handbook
By Fred J Alsop III, DK Publishing, Inc., 2001
Photos used
with permission
from National Fish and Wildlife Service –
http://images.fws.gov
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