Mallard

Vögel

Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)

The dances of the mallard drakes

In late autumn mallard ducks show a strange spectacle. The drakes come together for their "courtship dances" and the plain brown females are there as spectators. The "dance steps" follow repetitively a specific sequence.

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Kategorie: Vögel

Größe: beak to tail 50-65 cm; wingspan 75-100 cm

Brutdauer: 24-28 days

Lebensalter: 29 years

Geschlechtsreife: with 1 year

Reproduktion: 7-13 eggs

Nahrung: seeds, aquatic and terrestrial plants, insects, mollusks, crustaceans, worms, amphibians and fish

Lebensraum: all wet areas as long as they are not too deep and offer some protection

Gefährdung: not endangered

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