Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

This is #12 in a video series reviewing the top 20 most common bird species found in Saint Joseph and Elkhart County of Indiana. This video features the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos).

SOURCES:

https://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/manual/speclist.cfm
Peterson, Roger Troy. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of North America, 2009.
https://www.audubon.org/climate/survivalbydegrees/county?zipCode=46530
https://feederwatch.org/learn/common-feeder-birds/
https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22680186/155457360
https://ebird.org/species/mallar3
https://birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/mallar3/cur/conservation
https://birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/mallar3/cur/introduction
https://birdsoftheworld-org.proxy.birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/mallar3/cur/breeding#nest

ILLUSTRATIONS: Kristina Knowski Arts LLC, www.kristinaknowski.com

MAP: From the Birds of the World, birdsoftheworld.org, published by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology

AUDIO CLIPS:

Arthur A. Allen/ Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML3424)
Arthur A. Allen/ Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML3425)
David Sibley/ Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (ML27107)

PHOTO CREDIT LISTED IN ORDER OF APPEARANCE:

Glenn Upton/Audubon Photography Awards
Gary Minish/Audubon Photography Awards
Meredith York/Audubon Photography Awards
Marti Phillips/Audubon Photography Awards
Rene Wilbur / Great Backyard Bird Count
Kern Freesland/Great Backyard Bird Count
Kern Freesland/Great Backyard Bird Count
Travis Bonovsky/Audubon Photography Awards
Perry Kirch / Audubon Photography Awards
John Thornton/Audubon Photography Awards
Gerald Lisi / Audubon Photography Awards
Gail Norwood / Audubon Photography Awards
Glenn Upton/Audubon Photography Awards
Beth Dixon, Portage, IN 2015
Dan Miller, Celery Bog, Indiana 10/31/2020