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title: "Mexican Duck"
description: "Anas diazi — Birds. The Mexican duck (Anas diazi) is a species of dabbling duck that breeds in Mexico and the southwestern United States."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/mexican-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Duck

> Anas diazi — Birds. The Mexican duck (Anas diazi) is a species of dabbling duck that breeds in Mexico and the southwestern United States.

- Scientific name: *Anas diazi*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lakes & rivers)
- iNaturalist observations: 15334
- Wikidata: [Q582967](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582967)
- iNaturalist taxon: [827372](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/827372)

## Names

- en: Mexican Duck
- de: Mexikoente
- es: Pato mexicano
- fr: Canard du Mexique
- nl: Mexicaanse smient
- pt: Pato-mexicano
- pl: Krzyżówka meksykańska

## Countries with the most observations

MX (11863), US (2132)

## Summary

The Mexican duck (Anas diazi) is a species of dabbling duck that breeds in Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_duck

## Photo

![Mexican Duck](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Daniel · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336401155

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-duck?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).