Anas platyrhynchos | mallard
Introduced
At about 2-feet, the mallard is your “classic” duck. Adult males have shiny green heads with yellow bills and females are mottled brown with orange bills tipped in black, both with orange feet. Wild mallards are uncommon winter visitors that usually don’t show breeding feathers. Most mallards in Hawaiʻi are descendants from imported domestic stock from the 1800s. This species interbreeds often with the native endangered koloa and, so, threatens the uniqueness of the species through hybridization.
The map below shows hotspots along our birding trails where you might see this bird.
Hotspots for mallard
- Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge | Details for Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
- Nuʻupia Pond | Details for Nuʻupia Pond
- Paikō Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary | Details for Paikō Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary
- Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse Trail | Details for Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse Trail
- Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge | Details for Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
- Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary | Details for Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
- Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park | Details for Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park
- Loko Waka Pond | Details for Loko Waka Pond
Kīlauea Point National Wildlife Refuge
Coastal
Nuʻupia Pond
Wetland
Paikō Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary
Wetland
Makapuʻu Point Lighthouse Trail
Coastal
Keālia Pond National Wildlife Refuge
Wetland
Kanahā Pond State Wildlife Sanctuary
Wetland
Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historic Park
Wetland
Loko Waka Pond
Wetland