Fact Card
COMMON NAME: Mallard
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Anas platyrhynchos
TYPE: Vagrant
DIET: Gastropods, insects (including beetles, flies, lepidopterans, dragonflies, and caddisflies), crustaceans other arthropods, worms, many varieties of seeds and plant matter, and roots and tubers
SIZE: 50–65 cm (20–26 in) long
RECORDED SIGHTINGS: Viti Levu – Vanua Levu – Taveuni – Kadavu – Lomaiviti – Lau – Rotuma
GROUP NAME: KINGDOM – Animalia / PHYLUM – Chordata / CLASS – Aves
ORDER – Anseriformes / FAMILY – Anatidae / GENUS – Anas
Video: Mallard
Audio: Mallard
IUCN Red List Status
Additional Photographs
References
- 1195798 (2017). Duck, Mallard [Photograph]. Pixelbay. https://pixabay.com/photos/mallard-anas-platyrhynchos-drake-2121810/
- [Aladdin]. (2018, July 31). Mallard Anas platyrhynchos [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/260794071
- IUCN (2016). Mallard Anas platyrhynchos [Photograph]. ICUN REDLIST. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22680186/155457360
- [Josep del Hoyo]. (2015, May 2). Mallard Anas platyrhynchos [Video]. Macaulay Library. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/201532591
- NickyPe (2016). Duck, Mallard [Photograph]. Pixelbay. https://pixabay.com/photos/duck-mallard-pond-bird-waterfowl-5994050/
- Mallard. (2023, September 3). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard
Additional Sources of Information
- NatureFiji-MareqetiViti is Fiji’s only domestic NGO working solely for the conservation and sustainable management of Fiji’s unique natural heritage – https://naturefiji.org/
Author: Fiji Journal
Established 2018
