Domestic Mallards
Domestic Mallards are just captive bred Mallards. The only real noticeable difference between them and their wild relatives is size and colouring.
Mallards can fly well. There are many domestic mallards that have escaped into the wild to join other ducks on ponds or lakes. Often the domestics are distinguishable because of their size, abnormal colouring or strange tameness. Mallards also can hybridise well. The bird at the top of this page where it says henhouse05 is a Mallard X Muscovy duck.
Mallards can be found all across the Northern Hemisphere.
The abnormal colourings of Mallards are usually because of the mallards being captive bred, therefore meaning that they are a domestic mallard. But I should say that it is not impossible for wild mallards to breed mutations like that of domestic mallards. But this is quite rare.
Wild mallards are the progenitor of all domestic ducks, exept the Muscovy. So you could say that most domestic ducks are domestic mallards. But domestic Mallards have so many different colourings of their own that I think they deserve a page all to themselves.
Colourations
White:
White Mallards are simply a white version of the wild malllard duck. I like to call them white as, as far as I know, most of the time they are domestic white stock gone feral rather than an actual case of albinism. They fly just as well as wild mallards, but are sometimes are a bit larger. White mallards are often mistaken for campbell or pekin ducks. White Campbells are pretty hard to tell apart from white mallards, apart from that they cannot fly. However, Pekins are much easier. For a start, pekins are not only abnormally large but also quite plump. A typical White Mallard will not nearly be as plump as a pekin. Also, pekins are relatively slow and they cannot fly. Pekins also have a very deep quack which mallards don't have.
PLEASE NOTE:
All photos featured in this website are taken by me and are all rights reserved.
Below is a sightings list compiled by me of Domestic Mallard sightings. I will update it regularly as and when a new sighting occurs.
Mallards can fly well. There are many domestic mallards that have escaped into the wild to join other ducks on ponds or lakes. Often the domestics are distinguishable because of their size, abnormal colouring or strange tameness. Mallards also can hybridise well. The bird at the top of this page where it says henhouse05 is a Mallard X Muscovy duck.
Mallards can be found all across the Northern Hemisphere.
The abnormal colourings of Mallards are usually because of the mallards being captive bred, therefore meaning that they are a domestic mallard. But I should say that it is not impossible for wild mallards to breed mutations like that of domestic mallards. But this is quite rare.
Wild mallards are the progenitor of all domestic ducks, exept the Muscovy. So you could say that most domestic ducks are domestic mallards. But domestic Mallards have so many different colourings of their own that I think they deserve a page all to themselves.
Colourations
White:
White Mallards are simply a white version of the wild malllard duck. I like to call them white as, as far as I know, most of the time they are domestic white stock gone feral rather than an actual case of albinism. They fly just as well as wild mallards, but are sometimes are a bit larger. White mallards are often mistaken for campbell or pekin ducks. White Campbells are pretty hard to tell apart from white mallards, apart from that they cannot fly. However, Pekins are much easier. For a start, pekins are not only abnormally large but also quite plump. A typical White Mallard will not nearly be as plump as a pekin. Also, pekins are relatively slow and they cannot fly. Pekins also have a very deep quack which mallards don't have.
PLEASE NOTE:
All photos featured in this website are taken by me and are all rights reserved.
Below is a sightings list compiled by me of Domestic Mallard sightings. I will update it regularly as and when a new sighting occurs.