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.
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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