# Stockente Anas platyrhynchos Couple Richard Bartz

- By: This picture was realized by Richard Bartz by using a Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Lens
- Date: 2008-01-26
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stockente_Anas_platyrhynchos_Couple_Richard_Bartz.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
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Description: The Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos\[1\]), the archetypal "wild duck" and probably the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks, is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and sub-tropical areas of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand (where it is currently the most common duck species), and Australia.