Anas platyrhynchos 

Mallard
Mallard Duck

Florida native

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Mallards are a widespread North American duck. Found across Canada during the breeding season, year-round in much of the United States and mostly only during the winter in the southeast and near the Mexican border. Some mallards remain in Florida year-round.
The males are distinctive when in breeding plumage with their green head and bright yellow bill. A white neck ring separates the green from the russet-brown chest. The body is gray with a white-edged black tail. A few black tailfeathers are often curled up. Females and juveniles are mottled-brown with orange and brown bills. All have a blue patch with white leading and trailing borders on each wing.
Nearly all domestic ducks other than muscovys are related to mallards.

Anas platyrhynchos is a member of the Anatidae - Ducks, Geese and Swans family.

Other species of the Anas genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
  Anas acuta - NORTHERN PINTAIL
  Anas discors - BLUE WINGED TEAL
  Anas fulvigula var. fulvigula - MOTTLED DUCK

For more information on this species, visit the following link:
Cornell Lab All About Birds page for this species

Date record last modified: Feb 02, 2021