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The Florida mottled duck is one of a few non-migratory ducks in North
America. They occur only in peninsular Florida where they are found both on the
coasts and inland. The Florida mottled duck appears to be adaptable with
regard to the habitats it uses and has been found using wetlands and related
upland habitats associated with ponds, marshes, lakes, rivers, canals,
ditches, mosquito impoundments and brackish and salt-water areas on the east
and west coasts.
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Florida mottled ducks are
commonly seen using small prairie wetlands, flood plain marshes of the St.
Johns and Kissimmee rivers and coastal impoundments. Rapid changes in the
landscape of south Florida, attributed mostly to agricultural and urban
development, have raised concerns about the status of these wetland habitats
and the wildlife that depend on them. |
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