United Pet Club

Duck pattern

Mallard

The wild duck pattern: drake with a green head, white neck ring and claret breast; duck brown with dark pencilling and a blue speculum.

29 Duck breeds list Mallard. It is in a club standard for 28 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Mallard

BreedAPAPCGBEEBWA
CallStandard (“Gray; Butterscotch; Pastel; Blue Fawn”)Standard (“Mallard; Blue Mallard; Apricot Mallard; Appleyard; Silver; Apricot Appleyard; Blue Silver; Apricot Silver; Mallard Pied”)Standard (“wildfarbig; butterscotch; blau-wildfarbig; silberwildfarbig; blua-silberwildfarbig; wildfarbig mit Latz; dunkel-wildfarbig m.Latz; blau-gelb”)Standard (“Mallard; Blue Mallard; Apricot Mallard; Appleyard; Silver; Apricot Appleyard; Blue Silver; Apricot Silver; Mallard Pied”)
CallGreyStandard (“Gray”)Standard (“Mallard”)Standard (“wildfarbig”)Standard (“Mallard”)
CallButterscotchStandard (“Butterscotch”)No rulingStandard (“butterscotch”)No ruling
CallPastelStandard (“Pastel”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
CallBlue FawnStandard (“Blue Fawn”)Standard (“Blue Mallard”)Standard (“blau-wildfarbig”)Standard (“Blue Mallard”)
CallApricot MallardNo rulingStandard (“Apricot Mallard”)No rulingStandard (“Apricot Mallard”)
CallSilver AppleyardNo rulingStandard (“Appleyard; Silver”)Standard (“silberwildfarbig”)Standard (“Appleyard; Silver”)
CallApricot AppleyardNo rulingStandard (“Apricot Appleyard”)No rulingStandard (“Apricot Appleyard”)
CallBlue SilverNo rulingStandard (“Blue Silver”)Standard (“blua-silberwildfarbig”)Standard (“Blue Silver”)
CallApricot SilverNo rulingStandard (“Apricot Silver”)No rulingStandard (“Apricot Silver”)
CallMallard PiedNo rulingStandard (“Mallard Pied”)Standard (“wildfarbig mit Latz; grobgescheckt dunkel-wildfarbig; grobgescheckt silberwildfarbig; grobgescheckt wildfarbig”)Standard (“Mallard Pied”)
CallDusky Mallard BibbedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“dunkel-wildfarbig m.Latz”)No ruling
CallBlue BuffNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“blau-gelb”)No ruling
CallBlue Buff PiedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“grobgescheckt blau-gelb”)No ruling
CallBlue Mallard PiedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“grobgescheckt blau-wildfarbig”)No ruling
CallKhaki PiedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“grobgescheckt braun-wildfarbg”)No ruling
Indian RunnerStandard (“Gray”)Standard (“Mallard; Trout; Blue Trout; Apricot Trout; Silver”)Standard (“wildfarbig; forellenfarbig; blau-forellenfarbig; blau-gelb; silber-wildfarbig”)Standard (“Mallard; Trout; Blue Trout; Apricot Trout; Silver”)
Indian RunnerGreyStandard (“Gray”)Standard (“Mallard”)Standard (“wildfarbig”)Standard (“Mallard”)
Indian RunnerTroutNo rulingStandard (“Trout”)Standard (“forellenfarbig”)Standard (“Trout”)
Indian RunnerBlue TroutNo rulingStandard (“Blue Trout”)Standard (“blau-forellenfarbig”)Standard (“Blue Trout”)
Indian RunnerApricot TroutNo rulingStandard (“Apricot Trout”)No rulingStandard (“Apricot Trout”)
Indian RunnerBlue BuffNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“blau-gelb”)No ruling
Indian RunnerSilverNo rulingStandard (“Silver”)Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”)Standard (“Silver”)
Khaki CampbellNo rulingStandard (“Dark”)Standard (“dunkelwildfarbig”)Standard (“Dark”)
MallardStandard (“Gray”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
MallardGreyStandard (“Gray”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
RouenStandard (“Gray”)Standard (“the drake has a green head, claret bib and grey body; Blue; Apricot”)Standard (“wildfarbig; blau-wildfarbig; hellblau-widfarbig”)Standard (“the drake has a green head, claret bib and grey body; Blue; Apricot”)
SaxonyStandard (“Saxony”)Standard (“Saxony”)Standard (“blau-gelb”)Standard (“Saxony”)

Breeds where Mallard is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
Crested

Color changes

How Mallard can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Chipmunkchanges toMallard

    Plumage · With age · from 0 to 8 weeks

  • Mallardchanges toBrown

    Plumage · With the season · can change back · males only

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