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A mallard is not a wading bird, like a heron or stork. A mallard is a duck and considered to be a waterfowl.
A mallard is a duck, so is a bird.
A bird.
Officially, a mallard is a dabbling duck, which is a duck that feeds or "dabbles" at the surface of the water, not diving. A simpler answer would be to call it a swimming bird.
No.
You can eat eggs from any type of duck, it is illegal to in any way kill a wild mallard duck. You can only eat domesticated mallard ducks or their eggs.
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Predators of mallard ducks include foxes, raccoons, birds of prey (like hawks and owls), and larger carnivorous mammals such as coyotes. Additionally, domestic cats and dogs can also pose a threat to mallard ducks.
Example sentence - The mallard drake is a beautiful bird.