Birds of Foothill College

Mallards are the most common ducks in the world!!! Male Mallards have a dark, iridescent-green head and bright yellow bill. The gray body is sandwiched between a brown breast and black rear. Females and juveniles are mottled brown with orange-and-brown bills. Both sexes have a white-bordered, blue “speculum” patch in the wing (http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/mallard/id).

Male mallards do not quack, females do! To hear the typical quack of a mallard: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/mallard/sounds less ↑