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Juvenile Mallard Duck
Location: Earth » North America » United States » Florida » Duval County
Date: June 16, 2007
This Is either a juvenile mallard or Florida mottled duck. I took this at a pond in Jacksonville Beach, Florida where there were several of both families.
Posted by Beth Cohen on December 10, 2007 14:13. Last updated: December 11, 2007 04:27.
Comments
Hybrid?
It would probably take an up-to-date expert to sort this out but this specimen has the white tail feathers of Mallard and what looks like the curled-up tail feathers of Mallard male but the olive-green beak of the Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula) or American Black Duck (Anas rubripes). I don't know that mallards can have a beak that color.? On the other hand, these birds can hybridize like nobody's business.
To follow any maturing in plumage may be instructive.
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Changed Taxon
Media was moved from Anas platyrhynchos. Unless we can be certain it's a mallard, let's put it at the genus level.