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Mallard ( Anas platyrhynchos )
Description Photograph (click on the image to increase it) Various
It is the most known duck, the drake has a yellow beak, a green head, a white necklace in the neck and the feathers of the tail are curly. The hen has an orange-coloured beak and its plumage is brown Mallard The duck wild mallard is a migrant. One finds him in all Europe.
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Habitat  :One a little meets him everywhere in France, in parks, swamps, lakes, ponds so well in the sweet or salty waters.
Food  :Omnivores, seeds, aquatic spices, mollusks, towards, batrachians.
Size  :19.7 inch (50-65 cm) Weight  : 750-1,50 kg Wing span : 31.52 inch (80-95 cm)
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