Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Mandarin Duck
The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds wooded ponds, swamps, and streams of northeastern Asia from southeastern Siberia, eastern China, Korean Peninsula, Japan, and Taiwan; winters to southeastern China and northern southeast Asia; introduced in Western Europe, and escapes frequent in USARange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aix galericulata
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Mandarin Duck
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas galericulata
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- China.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.128
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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