Species profile—Anas platyrhynchos (northern mallard)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks) → Anas platyrhynchos (northern mallard)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Anatidae (geese, swans and ducks)
- Scientific name
- Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758
- Common name
- northern mallard
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1994
- Alternate name(s)
- mallard
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Feral Animal
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Terrestrial
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1994
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.