🦩 American flamingo vs Mallard 🦆
The American flamingo is about 3 times as tall as the mallard. The American flamingo weighs about twice as much as the mallard.
| Row | 🦩 American flamingo | 🦆 Mallard |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the American flamingo yet. | no checked number yet | 51 mph83 km/h1 |
| Weight The American flamingo weighs about twice as much as the mallard. | 4 to 7.9 lb1.8 to 3.6 kg2 | 2 to 3.1 lb900 g to 1.4 kg3 |
| Lives We don't have a checked number for the mallard yet. | 40 to 60 years40 to 60 years2 | no checked number yet |
| Eats Both eat plants and animals. | tiny shrimp, small snails and algae from shallow water | water plants, seeds, insects and snails |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | shallow lagoons and salty lakes around the Caribbean, in Florida, Mexico and northern South America | ponds, lakes and rivers across North America, Europe and Asia |
Which one? American flamingo or mallard
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the American flamingo yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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Where these numbers come from
- USGS, checked 30 October 2026.
- Smithsonian's National Zoo, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, checked 30 October 2026.