What is Mallard?
{{unreferenced|date=June 2020}} {{Taxobox | name = Mallard | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | image = Пара уток крякв (Anas platyrhynchos), Коломенское.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Mallard female (front) and male (rear) | image2 = DrakeMallardPortrait.png | image2_caption = Male mallard duck | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | classis = [[Aves]] | ordo = [[Anseriformes]] | familia = [[Anatidae]] | subfamilia = [[Anatinae]] | genus = ''[[Anas]]'' | binomial = ''Anas platyrhynchos'' }} [[File:Anas platyrhynchos MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.18.6.jpg|thumb| ''Anas platyrhynchos'']] {{listen|filename=Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) (W1CDR0001518 BD17).ogg|title =Call|description=}} The '''mallard''' (/ˈmælɑːrd, ˈmælərd/) or '''wild duck''' ('''''Anas platyrhynchos''''') is the best-known and most recognizable of all [[duck]]s. It can be found throughout most of [[North America]], [[Europe]], [[Asia]], [[New Zealand]] and [[Australia]]. It is the most common and widespread duck. It can be found in almost any area with a wetland [[habitat]], even in [[urban]] areas. == Description == The mallard is a large and heavy looking duck. It has a body and a long and a broad bill. The male has a dark green head, a yellow bill, is mainly purple-brown on the breast and grey on the body. The female is mainly brown with an orange bill. == Habitat == It breeds in all parts of the [[Europe]] in summer and winter, wherever there are suitable wetland habitats. It is scarcer in upland areas. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Ducks]]