Which Duck breeds come in Brown?

Club breed standards describe Brown for the Buff, Call, Indian Runner, Khaki Campbell, Mallard, Rouen, and Welsh Harlequin.

Duck color

Brown

A general brown. In horses a color of its own (seal brown): near-black with lighter brown on the muzzle, around the eyes, on the flanks and inside the legs. In eggs the usual mid-brown shell.

25 Duck breeds list Brown. It is in a club standard for 23 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Brown

Breed	APA	PCGB	EE	BWA
Buff	Standard (“Buff”)	Standard (“rich even shade of buff all over”)	Standard (“gelb”)	Standard (“rich even shade of buff all over”)
Call	Standard (“Gray; Snowy”)	Standard (“Yellow Belly; Mallard; Appleyard; Silver; Mallard Dusky; Khaki; Mallard Pied”)	Standard (“gelbbauch; gelbbäuchig; grobgescheckt braun-wildfarbg; grobgescheckt gelbbauch; wildfarbig; silberwildfarbig; dunkel-wildfarbig; braun-wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Yellow Belly; Mallard; Appleyard; Silver; Mallard Dusky; Khaki; Mallard Pied”)
CallGray	Standard (“Gray”)	Standard (“Mallard”)	Standard (“wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Mallard”)
CallSnowy	Standard (“Snowy”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
CallSilver Appleyard	No ruling	Standard (“Appleyard; Silver”)	Standard (“silberwildfarbig”)	Standard (“Appleyard; Silver”)
CallDusky Mallard	No ruling	Standard (“Mallard Dusky”)	Standard (“dunkel-wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Mallard Dusky”)
CallKhaki	No ruling	Standard (“Khaki”)	Standard (“braun-wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Khaki”)
CallMallard Pied	No ruling	Standard (“Mallard Pied”)	Standard (“wildfarbig mit Latz; grobgescheckt dunkel-wildfarbig; grobgescheckt silberwildfarbig; grobgescheckt wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Mallard Pied”)
CallDusky Mallard Bibbed	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“dunkel-wildfarbig m.Latz”)	No ruling
CallYellow Belly	No ruling	Standard (“Yellow Belly”)	Standard (“gelbbauch; gelbbäuchig”)	Standard (“Yellow Belly”)
CallKhaki Pied	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“grobgescheckt braun-wildfarbg”)	No ruling
CallYellow Belly Pied	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“grobgescheckt gelbbauch”)	No ruling
Indian Runner	Standard (“Gray”)	Standard (“Mallard; Trout; Silver”)	Standard (“wildfarbig; forellenfarbig; silber-wildfarbig; braun-dunkelwildfarbig”)	Standard (“Mallard; Trout; Silver”)
Indian RunnerGray	Standard (“Gray”)	Standard (“Mallard”)	Standard (“wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Mallard”)
Indian RunnerTrout	No ruling	Standard (“Trout”)	Standard (“forellenfarbig”)	Standard (“Trout”)
Indian RunnerSilver	No ruling	Standard (“Silver”)	Standard (“silber-wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Silver”)
Indian RunnerBrown Dusky	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“braun-dunkelwildfarbig”)	No ruling
Khaki Campbell	Standard (“Khaki”)	Standard (“Khaki; Dark”)	Standard (“khaki; dunkelwildfarbig”)	Standard (“Khaki; Dark”)
Mallard	Standard (“Gray; Snowy”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
MallardGray	Standard (“Gray”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
MallardSnowy	Standard (“Snowy”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rouen	Standard (“Gray”)	Standard (“the drake has a green head, claret bib and grey body”)	Standard (“wildfarbig; dunkelwildfarbig”)	Standard (“the drake has a green head, claret bib and grey body”)
Welsh Harlequin	Standard (“Welsh Harlequin”)	Standard (“Welsh Harlequin”)	Standard (“creme-wildfarbig”)	Standard (“Welsh Harlequin”)

Breeds where Brown is disqualified or not accepted

Breed
BuffEyes
Crested

Color changes

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

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

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