Mallard Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Anas platyrhynchos
Family : Anatidae
Order : Anseriformes
Class : Aves
Phylum : Chordata
Habitat : Shallow lakes and marshes with emergent vegetation, rivers, ponds and parks.
Description : The Mallard is a large duck (adult bird length approximately 57 cm, weight 1.2 kg, wing 27 cm, bill 5 cm, tarsus 4.2 cm, tail 9 cm). The breeding male has a deep grey body with bottle-green head and neck and purple-brown breast. The other spectacular parts of its body are a white neck ring, orange legs.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Mergellus albellus
(Smew) -
Sibirionetta formosa
(Baikal Teal) -
Bucephala clangula
(Common Goldeneye) -
Tadorna ferruginea
(Ruddy Shelduck) -
Mareca penelope
(Eurasian Wigeon) -
Anser anser
(Greylag Goose) -
Sarkidiornis melanotos
(Knob-billed Duck) -
Rhodonessa caryophyllacea
(Pink-headed Duck) -
Mareca falcata
(Falcated Duck) -
Mergus serrator
(Red-breasted Merganser)
Species groups
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Bee-eaters -
Booby -
frigatebird -
phalarope -
tropicbird -
Martins and Swallows -
Crows, Drongos & allies -
Woodpeckers -
Eared Nightjars -
Ibises & Spoonbills -
Trogons -
Coucals -
Pelicans -
Darters -
Gulls -
Warblers and allies -
Flowerpeckers & Sunbirds -
Sparrows, Wagtails, Pipits a& allies -
moonbird -
Hawks & Eagles -
Snipes, Sandpipers, Plovers & allies -
Small Kingfishers -
Cisticola & Prinia -
Plovers & Lapwings -
Rails, Gallinules & Coots -
Tits -
Parrots -
Rosefinches and Buntings -
Bustards -
Grebes -
Pheasants & Partridges -
Old World flycatcher -
Starlings and Mynas -
Hornbills -
Buttonquails -
Rollers -
Bluebirds -
Crested Kingfishers -
Cormorants -
Pigeons and Doves -
Jacanas -
Typical Owl -
Finfoots &booby -
Flamingo -
Herons and Bitterns -
Treecreepers -
Nuthatch -
Barbets -
Treeswifts -
Swifts -
Crab-plovers, Coursers and Pratincoles -
Bulbuls -
Frogmouths -
Larks -
Storks -
Broadbills -
Thick-knees -
Painted-snipes -
Nightjars -
Barn-owls -
Large-billed Kingfishers -
Falcons -
Pittas -
Cranes -
Whistling-ducks -
Ducks, Geese & Swans -
Hoopoe
References:
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.
description written by:Fatema-Tuz-Zohora,Department of Zoology, Jagannath University,Dhaka;information source: Encyclopedia of Flora and Fauna of Bangladesh, Vol-26, iucnredlist.org;Photo credit and copyright:MSH Sourav (TU Dresden, Germany);taxonomic checklist:P. M. Thompson and S. U. Chowdhury (2020). A checklist of birds of Bangladesh.Birds Bangladesh;more information, please contact us.