#ANAS

[herpsandbirds]

this might be a really stupid question, but i'll give it a go anyway

when people draw ducks, they tend to choose pure white ones, which i know as aylesbury ducks. is there a reason for this that you know of? i would imagine that maybe there's a lot of aylesbury ducks in america, but when i think of the quintessential duck, the duckiest duck one could say, i think of a mallard (male or female)

also, thank you very much for all the work you do on this blog, i get to send my bird friends loads of cool pictures and engage in their interests even though i know fuck all about them <|:3

White Ducks

You're welcome kumquat.

So, in the United States, most of the farm ducks, and many of the domestic ducks that are put in parks with ponds and lakes are the Peking White aka American Pekin. The original birds that became this breed came from China in the 1800s.

The Peking White is a domestic breed of the Mallard, and is a different breed from the Aylesbury (which is usually kept in the UK and other parts of Europe, along with the German Pekin). Many American Pekins have some Aylesbury genetics.

For many people who grow up seeing ducks in parks or farms, this is the quintessential appearance for a duck.

The aforementioned are just a few domestic varieties of mallard.

Peking Whites (photograph: Martin Backert)

Mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), wild, L/T - female, R/B - male, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Germany

photograph by Richard Bartz

[miyrumiyru]

Reasons why we loving Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)

Yellow tip of beak and orange legs are pretty

They looks always smiling because of spots around their beak

They're just that cute

[dailyomegakids]

Day 91 - 💥

I think Vrissy has heard this song before

[best-bird-tournament]

Anas dabbling duck - round 1, section 2

[ornithological]

male eurasian teal (anas crecca), ireland

[birdblues]

Northern Pintail

[saritawolf]

Mallard (male) (Anas platyrhynchos) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[drhoz]

#2868 - Anas zonorhyncha - Eastern Spot-billed Duck

AKA Chinese spot-billed duck and formerly as a subspecies of the Indian spot-billed duck (A. poecilorhyncha). Known to hybridise with the Mallard, but their are few ducks that Mallard drakes won't attempt to mate with. They don't even need to be female. Or alive.

A dabbling duck of East and Southeast Asia, that overwinters in southern China. Their range over the rest of the year has expanded by over 500km in the last century, possibly in response to climate change.

Konkichō, Hikone, Japan

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Mallard Anas platyrhynchos Anatidae

Photograph taken on August 28, 2022, at High Park, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

[taevayu]

hii do you have usernames for anas or anastasia ? ^^”

── ◜✧◞  anas / anastasia! ﹕ᶻz

anasuphar / riondanas / anasrbre / posanast

enchastasia / anstasieol / bxtanasi / anistsora

[herpsandbirds]

A Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa), explains Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to his 2nd semester philosophy students, family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, Penrith Weir, NSW Australia

photograph by Neil Chappell

[miyrumiyru]

Little ducklings and their parents ϋ

Eastern Spot-billed Duck (Anas zonorhyncha)

[best-bird-tournament]

Anas dabbling duck - round 1, section 3

[ornithological]

male green-winged teal (anas carolinensis), vagrant in ireland

[birdblues]

Mallard