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Mallards are less likely than many other waterfowl species to show signs of disease and can be infected without appearing sick.

From Washington Post • Jun. 8, 2022

Mallards lounge on rocks and ducks lazily float along.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2018

It doesn’t even lock you out while driving, a design decision I cursed when my Reddit-addicted video producer seated next to me started browsing "Malicious Advice Mallards" uncontrollably while I was flying down the 101.

From The Verge • Jun. 12, 2014

Mallards, teals and pintails are common on the Somerset Levels but according to Grahame Madge, the floods will have made it difficult for them to feed.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2014

Also for such as haue delight in hauking, there are haukes of sundry kinds, and great store of game, both for land and riuer, as Fezants, Partridges, Cranes, Heronshawes, Ducks, Mallards, and such like.

From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation. Vol. XIII. America. Part II. by Hakluyt, Richard