Domestic duck
Amazing fact
Call ducks, a domestic duck breed, can have white feathers or the same colors as mallards.
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Call ducks, a domestic duck breed, can have white feathers or the same colors as mallards.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Domestic duck
- Scientific name
- Anas platyrhynchos domesticus
- Japanese name
- アヒル
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Anas
The domestic duck is a domesticated bird (poultry) that people bred by taming the wild mallard.
A bird that people made by taming the wild mallard. The call duck is a small-bodied breed of domestic duck.
Call duck males have curled tail feathers, which is how you can tell them apart from females.
The call duck was bred to lure wild ducks with its calls during hunting. It has a loud voice and calls often.
How the Domestic duck lives
They are active during the day. They eat aquatic plants, grains and small insects. They live in flocks.
Mill Mountain Zoo福岡県Basic data
- Size
- Total length: about 30 cm
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- アヒル
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 井の頭自然文化園 — アヒルChecked: 2026-11-03
- Mill Mountain Zoo — Domestic DucksChecked: 2026-11-07
- 京都市動物園 — アヒル（コールダック）Checked: 2026-11-07
- 福岡県 — アヒル（アイガモ）Checked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
Report a mistakeWhen you meet the Domestic duck, look for this
- Look for how similar male and female call ducks look.
Animals do different things from day to day, so you may not always see this.
井の頭自然文化園EXHIBIT INFORMATION
Places that keep or show the Domestic duck
Zoos, aquariums and other places whose official websites say they keep or show this animal.
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Displays can change with the animals’ health and the seasons. Check each facility’s official website before you go.
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