Rescued very young duckling!

Really for some reason it doesn't look like a Mallard to me.
Hmmm I just googled it and you might be right. The OP said it might be a wood duck and mallards have I stripe along their eye while wood ducks have the stripe and a ring around their eye. This duckling seems to have the ring. But it seems like the stripe doesn’t go all the way to the bill on wood ducks but on this duckling it does :idunno
 
Here’s what I got (screenshoted off of google)

Mallard ducklings:
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Australian wood duck duckling:
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This duck that doesn’t Evan live in Australia but it looks the most like: D7D92677-FCEC-4E66-8181-6667716ECC35.png

And our duckling:
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Yeah guys I think it’s a mallard
 
Really for some reason it doesn't look like a Mallard to me.

I was thinking the same thing. Hugotheduck, where are you located that you have ducklings hatching out now? Also, I am pretty sure he was only a day or two old when you found him. He is a cutie!

:welcome

That is a stunning little duckling, and I agree it doesn't look like a mallard but maybe they are different down under?

@Muscovy Wunda What do you know of ducks in Australia?
Could you say what about it doesn’t look like a mallard?
 
I live in Australia, and thanks thought he was around that age but wasn’t 100% sure!
That explains a lot. Could it be a Pacific Black duck, then? It is a close relative of the mallard. It could even be a cross between the two.

A good water container for young ducks is a short, wide plastic food container with holes big enough for his head, but not his body cut out of the top.
 
:welcome

That is a stunning little duckling, and I agree it doesn't look like a mallard but maybe they are different down under?

edit: Okay, I may be wrong, just the markings seem so much darker than what I'm used to seeing. Maybe I'm just old.

@Muscovy Wunda What do you know of ducks in Australia?
It might also be the picture making them look darker
 

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