Female Mallard Duck - too dark plumage

[Victor D]

Canada. BC. Coquitlam Lafarge Lake 8:30 pm tonight.

Lots of Mallards and Mallard/Domestic crosses. But this female one is way darker than others... Usually all crosses have white spots on a chest area, not a case with this duck

Any comments?

[Aaron]

Maybe a melanistic mallard? Probably with domestic genes, but I assume it’d occur in the wild population in some form. 
Not all domestics show white patches, but this duck does seem to have a few bits of white here and there.

[Victor D]

43 minutes ago, Aaron said:

Maybe a melanistic mallard? Probably with domestic genes, but I assume it’d occur in the wild population in some form. 
Not all domestics show white patches, but this duck does seem to have a few bits of white here and there.

Could be) Thank you!

[Tony Leukering]

Domestic Mallard -- this is a not rare variant

[IKLland]

1 hour ago, Tony Leukering said:

Domestic Mallard -- this is a not rare variant

This. Domestic MALL.

[Victor D]

5 hours ago, Tony Leukering said:

Domestic Mallard -- this is a not rare variant

Thank you Tony!

 

4 hours ago, IKLland said:

This. Domestic MALL.

Thank you for confirmation IKLland