Mallard  (Anas platyrhynchos)

Learn about the scientific name of this species and how it fits into the tree of life at Nature Navigator.

Threats

This duck is not currently threatened; in fact the mallard population has been increasing since the 1960s (8).

Conservation

No specific conservation action has been targeted at this species, but it will have benefited from action carried out for other species of wildfowl, such as the creation and management of wetland nature reserves (9).

View information on this species at the UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre.
There may be further information about this species available via the National Biodiversity Network Gateway.
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