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Apr 18, 2018

Natural colouration in the abstract...

Photo: Yuri Smityuk / TASS
MANDARIN DUCK
(Aix galericulata)
A Mandarin Duck is seen (above) on a tree by the Solyonaya Protoka River, outside Vladivostok, Russia.  Below, is a photo by, Stephano Ronchi, of a male and female Mandarin Duck.   The bottom photo, by Foto Martien, shows a mutation, called a White Mandarin Duck.   


Please comment if you wish.
BarrytheBirder

2 comments:

Robert Campbell said...

Are they related to the Wood Duck ? The females look very similar.

BarrytheBirder said...

Indeed, they are in the same duck family.
Barry