FOUND VIRTUALLY EVERYWHERE IN the northern hemisphere, the common mallard (Anas platyrhynchos - platy Greek meaning broad or flat, and rhyncos for beak) is far and away the best-known and the most abundant of all waterfowl species. Were it not for the fact that they are so familiar, the handsome drakes would probably rate as the most eyecatching of all waterfowl.

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