Mallards are a Threat to Mottled Ducks in Florida
10,000 Birds
MARCH 27, 2014
Resident mallards are considered an “exotic duck” in Florida and have the potential to drive the native mottled duck (Anas fulvigula) to extinction through hybridization. These wild birds migrate out of Florida to northern breeding areas in the spring and are not present in Florida during the mottled duck breeding season.
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