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Mallard
The Mallard is the most abundant and widespread duck in the Northern Hemisphere, known for being the primary ancestor of most domestic duck breeds.
apps Top Mallard Alternatives
The top alternative to Mallard in 2026 is Northern Pintail with a score of 9.0/10, followed by Green-winged Teal (8.5) and Eurasian Teal (8.4).
Northern Pintail
The Northern Pintail is a dabbling duck notable for its exceptionally elongated tail feathers in males. It’s a migratory...
Green-winged Teal
The Green-winged Teal is the smallest dabbling duck in North America, recognized by the male's striking green wing patch...
Eurasian Teal
The Eurasian Teal is the smallest extant dabbling duck in Europe and Asia, frequently observed in large, tightly packed...
Barrow's Goldeneye
The Barrow's Goldeneye is a medium-sized diving duck inhabiting northwestern North America and Iceland, notable for the...
Northern Shoveler
The Northern Shoveler is a widespread duck across the Northern Hemisphere, distinguished by its large, spatula-shaped bi...
Common Merganser
The Common Merganser is a large fish-eating duck found across the Northern Hemisphere, nesting in tree cavities and reco...
Garganey
The Garganey is a small, long-distance migratory dabbling duck that breeds across Europe and Asia, identified by the mal...
Eurasian Wigeon
The Eurasian Wigeon is a widespread Palearctic dabbling duck, notable for the male's chestnut head and cream-colored cro...
Cinnamon Teal
The Cinnamon Teal is a dabbling duck native to the Americas, with males displaying a striking, bright reddish-plumage, i...
Common Goldeneye
The Common Goldeneye is a medium-sized tree-nesting duck found across North America and Eurasia, famous for the male's c...
Tufted Duck
The Tufted Duck is a Eurasian diving duck that notably expanded its breeding range across Europe during the 19th and 20t...
Red-breasted Merganser
The Red-breasted Merganser is a diving duck inhabiting freshwater lakes and marine coasts across the Northern Hemisphere...
American Wigeon
The American Wigeon, also known as the baldpate, is a common duck of North America distinguished by its white crown and...
Greylag Goose
The Greylag Goose is a large, pale grey waterfowl native to Eurasia, historically notable as the wild ancestor of most m...
Brant
The Brant is a small, dark coastal goose that breeds in the Arctic Circle and is noted for making one of the longest non...
Blue-winged Teal
The Blue-winged Teal is a small North American dabbling duck recognized for its striking blue wing patches, known for un...
Gadwall
The Gadwall is a common dabbling duck of the Northern Hemisphere, noted for its understated grey plumage and the behavio...
Greater White-fronted Goose
The Greater White-fronted Goose is a migratory waterfowl named for the white patch around its bill, known for breeding a...
Marbled Duck
The Marbled Duck is a dabbling duck native to the Mediterranean region, currently classified as vulnerable due to signif...
Greater Scaup
The Greater Scaup is a circumpolar diving duck that breeds in the Arctic, uniquely notable as the only Aythya species ad...
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