Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Family: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
Mallard is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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Belonging to the subfamily Anatinae of the waterfowl family Anatidae, mallards live in wetlands, eat water plants and small animals, and are social animals preferring to congregate in groups or flocks of varying sizes.
In addition, females hiss if the nest or offspring are threatened or interfered with.
It usually feeds by dabbling for plant food or grazing; there are reports of it eating frogs, other amphibians, and fish, including carcasses.