Australian Spotted Ducks

The Australian Spotted Ducks are a different type of breed which has its origin in America. It has been found out by researchers that these ducks are an intermediate between Call Ducks and the Mallards and thus sometimes considered as a mixture of these two breeds. Often it is also concluded that they are a wild breed of ducks. Their body color is either grey-white or yellow-white. Based on this, these ducks have dark grey spots or brownish-yellowish spots of colors on their body respectively. The Australian Spotted Ducks are generally short billed and are comparatively lighter in weight than the other breeds of ducks. Like the drakes are about 2-3 pounds in weight and the females are about 1-2 pounds in weight or even less than this. They are found green-headed or silver headed in the whole of the Australia. The striking feature about this breed is that their ducklings take a comparatively shorter period to gain maturity.