platyrhynchos

I think the correct answer would be “platyrhynchos” rather than “duck” ;-....

The Volokh Conspiracy » Originalism and Linguistic Questions 2010

It walks and talks like ye olde enghlifshe anas platyrhynchos.

This cannot get any funnier. CC 2009

In more western regions, there have been more frequent sightings of "mainland ducks" such as pintail ducks (Anas acuta) and mallard (A. platyrhynchos [9]).

Recent and projected changes in arctic species distributions and potential ranges 2009

Pintail (Anas acuta) and mallard ducks (A. platyrhynchos), both mainland species, and white-fronted goose or "yellow legs" (Anser albifrons) and tundra swans (Cygnus columbianus), both historically rare on Banks Island, have been observed in increasingly larger numbers.

Climate change impacts on Canadian Western Arctic~ the Inuvialuit of Sachs Harbour 2009

Many duck species are amazingly mobile, and consequently have enormous global ranges (an issue which is particularly significant with regard to mallards Anas platyrhynchos and their close relatives and derivatives: a subject I aim to cover at another time).

Archive 2006-11-01 Darren Naish 2006

Many duck species are amazingly mobile, and consequently have enormous global ranges (an issue which is particularly significant with regard to mallards Anas platyrhynchos and their close relatives and derivatives: a subject I aim to cover at another time).

The Madagascar pochard returns Darren Naish 2006

The red-throated diver Gavia stellata, great northern diver Gavia immer, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis, rednecked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus and the purple sandpiper Calidris maritima are believed to nest in the area, but at present no information is available to confirm this.

Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008

Bird species such as Tadorna ferrugine and Anas platyrhynchos occur in wetlands, Dendrocopos major in the forests while Parus major, Motacilla cinerea, Alaudia arvensis, Anthus hodgsoni, Lanius cristatus, Milvus migrans, and Corvus corax occur everywhere else in this area.

Altai montane forest and forest steppe 2008

The Redwinged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), Blue-winged teal (Anas discors), and the Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) can all be found in playa lakes at some time of the year.

Wetland 2008

As he recounts in his seminal paper, The first case of homosexual necrophilia in the mallard anas platyrhynchos, he was in his office in the Natuurmuseum Rotterdam, when he was alerted by a bang to the fact a bird had crashed into the glass facade of the building.

Archive 2005-03-01 Jenny Davidson 2005