PHILLIPINE DUCK Anas luzonica

A more attractive Mallard than many, it was originally found on all Phillipine islands, but has undergone a rapid decline due to hunting and habitat loss, and is now listed as vulnerable. Some protection has now been afforded on Luzon and Mindanao, where it seems to be mainly found nowadays. As I have never travelled to that part of the world these were taken at WWF Slimbridge, it being easily kept and bred in captivity.

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