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.
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BarrytheBirder
2 comments:
Are they related to the Wood Duck ? The females look very similar.
Indeed, they are in the same duck family.
Barry
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