The female of all duck species is duck although people dealing every day with ducks in general will often call them hens or females to avoid confusion. The male is called a Mallard Drake.
Jemima
A female duck is called a duck, or, as a female bird, a hen.
There is no name for a castrated male duck. An intact male duck is called a drake while a female duck is called a duck.
Drake is the name for a male duck. There are no "female" drakes. Female ducks are called hens.
An immature female duck is called a duckling. Once the female duck matures it is called a hen or duck.
I think it is a duck.A drake is a male duck. Therefore, there is no such thing as a female drake. A female duck can be called either a duck or a hen; either is correct.
A female duck is called a duck or a hen as a male is called a drake
No male duck will ever turn into a female duck.
There is no name for a castrated male duck. An intact male duck is called a drake while a female duck is called a duck.
Duck...I think so 'cause I read from the other question and it says drake is a male duck so a female duck is called duck
The female wood duck is called buffleheadNo it is not; that is a different species
It is Aythya fuligula, the same as the female's