Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) with, to my eye, some Grey Duck (Anas superciliosa superciliosa) plumage characteristics, Te Anau, Fiordland National Park, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
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Male Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) with, to my eye, some Grey Duck (Anas superciliosa superciliosa) plumage characteristics, Te Anau, Fiordland National Park, Southland, South Island, New Zealand
Maori name is Rakiraki. Mallard are a long-standing introduction to New Zealand and have hybridised so extensively with Grey Duck that pure-bred Grey Duck may no longer exist.