The Silver Bantam is a small-sized British breed of domestic duck developed by Reginald Appleyard.
The breed is known to be a crossing of Khaki Campbells and White calls, the duck received very little interest until its standardization in the United Kingdom year 1997 where it received the new name of "Silver Bantam".
[2] In the late 1950s and early 1960s a small number of females started to be born with yellow bars on their wings as opposed to their usual color.
[3] Females have a buff-colored “hood” on their head and can weigh up to 0.8 kilograms (1.8 pounds) whilst the males have an iridescent green hood when in nuptial plumage during the breeding season, similar to that of the wild mallard, and a black hood when in eclipse plumage that disguises their body of 0.9 kilograms (2.0 pounds).
[2] Females can lay in between 60 and 160 small eggs every year.