mallard
Green-headed waterfowl
A mallard is a common wild duck found throughout the Northern Hemisphere.
The male has a glossy green head, white neck ring, and chestnut breast; the female is mottled brown.
Mallards are the ancestors of most domestic duck breeds.
They're the duck you see in city parks and ponds: We fed the mallards at the lake.
Swimming birds collectively
- drakeMale waterfowl
- henFemale fowl
- ducklingImmature waterfowl offspring
- dabblingShallow, casual involvement
flock · avian · brood · teal · pintail · gadwall · shoveler · wigeon
Fake healer or fowl noise
- dabblingShallow, casual involvement
- paddleFlat-bladed water tool
- preenGroom with self-satisfaction
- webbedConnected by membrane
foraging · upending · courtship · brooding · egg · feeding · diving · bathing
Showing shifting spectral colors
- greenheadBiting fly or mallard
- speculumMedical opening device
- drakeMale waterfowl
- eclipseCelestial body blocks another
molting · breeding · coloration · camouflage · barred · crest · feathers · pattern
Water-saturated terrain
- pondSmall still body
- lakeEnclosed body of freshwater
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- reedsHollow-stemmed marsh plants
stream · river · aquatic · nest · nesting · riverbank · parkland · urban
False target for misdirection
- blindLacking the sense of sight
- callContact by phone
- waterfowlingHunting aquatic game birds
- seasonYearly division or series
limit · retriever · shotgun · flyover · roast · game bird · wildfowling · duck call
Established bird migration path
- seasonalRecurring at fixed intervals
- southwardToward the equator's direction
- northwardToward the top
- overwinterSurvive the cold season
breeding · stopover · V-formation · flock · navigation · instinct · departure · arrival
waterfowl
Swimming birds collectively
dabbling · flock · avian · brood · teal · pintail · gadwall · shoveler · wigeon · canvasback
quack
Fake healer or fowl noise
webbed · foraging · upending · courtship · brooding · egg · feeding · diving · bathing · loafing
iridescent
Showing shifting spectral colors
eclipse · molting · breeding · coloration · camouflage · barred · crest · feathers · pattern · chestnut
wetlands
Water-saturated terrain
reeds · stream · river · aquatic · nest · nesting · riverbank · parkland · urban · farmland
decoy
False target for misdirection
- blindLacking the sense of sight
- callContact by phone
- waterfowlingHunting aquatic game birds
season · limit · retriever · shotgun · flyover · roast · game bird · wildfowling · duck call · spread
flyway
Established bird migration path
overwinter · breeding · stopover · V-formation · flock · navigation · instinct · departure · arrival · wintering
- Waterfowlduck, goose, swan, drake, geese
- bird huntingduck hunting, goose hunting, pheasant hunting, quail hunting, shotguns
- Dabbling Ducksgadwall, pintail, teal, wigeon, shoveler
- Estuary Wildlifeblue crab, osprey, great blue heron, striped bass, oyster
- iridescent birdspeacock, hummingbird, starling, grackle, sunbird
- duck-billed animalsplatypus, duck, shoveler, merganser, waterfowl
- mallard duckCommon wild waterfowl