Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Ducks

Photo: A Mallard duckling, Anas platyrhynchos, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

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A Mallard duckling, Anas platyrhynchos, in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Two Cape shovelers (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove. The male has more color.

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Two Cape shovelers (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove. The male has more color.

Photo: A female Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

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A female Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

Two Cape shovelers (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove. The male has more color.

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Two Cape shovelers (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove. The male has more color.

A female Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

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A female Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

A male Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

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A male Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

A male Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

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A male Cape shoveler (Spatula smithii) at Safari Park Dvur Kralove.

Photo: A female marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) at Tierpark Berlin.

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A female marbled teal (Marmaronetta angustirostris) at Tierpark Berlin. This species is listed as vulnerable by IUCN.

Photo: A North American ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis) at the Columbus Zoo.

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A North American ruddy duck (Oxyura jamaicensis jamaicensis) at the Columbus Zoo.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

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An endangered White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata) at the Angkor Centre for Conservation of Biodiversity (ACCB) in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Photo: Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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Pink eared duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: Male and female common scoters (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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Male and female common scoters (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: Male and female common scoters (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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Male and female common scoters (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: A male common scoter (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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A male common scoter (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: Male and female common scoters (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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Male and female common scoters (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: A male common scoter (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

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A male common scoter (Melanitta nigra) at Monticello Center in Italy.

Photo: A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Photo: A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Photo: A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Photo: A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center - Wildlife Alliance.

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A spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha haringtoni) at Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center – Wildlife Alliance.

Picture of Eyton's whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), Hottentot teal (Spatula Anas hottentota) and Ringed teal (Calonetta leucophrys) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

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Eyton’s whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), Hottentot teal (Spatula Anas hottentota) and Ringed teal (Calonetta leucophrys) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

Picture of an Eyton's whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), Hottentot teal (Spatula Anas hottentota) and Ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

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A Eyton’s whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni), Hottentot teal (Spatula Anas hottentota) and Ringed teal (Callonetta leucophrys) from Le Parc des Oiseaux in Villars Les Dombes, France.

Picture of a Chiloe wigeon (Anas sibilatrix) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

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A Chiloe wigeon (Anas sibilatrix) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

Picture of a female knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

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A female knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

Picture of a female knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

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A female knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

Picture of a female Brazilian teal or Brazilian duck (Amazonetta brasiliensis) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

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A female Brazilian teal or Brazilian duck (Amazonetta brasiliensis) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

Picture of a female Brazilian teal or Brazilian duck (Amazonetta brasiliensis) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

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A female Brazilian teal or Brazilian duck (Amazonetta brasiliensis) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

Picture of a female knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

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A female knob-billed duck (Sarkidiornis melanotos melanotos) at the Caldwell Zoo in Tyler, Texas.

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