Wood Duck
Aix sponsa(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Wood Duck
The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 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 inland waters of southern Canada to southern California in the west and east-central Texas to southern Florida and Cuba in the east; mostly absent as a breeder in interior west-central USA; winters to central Mexico and the BahamasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aix sponsa
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wood Duck
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas Sponsa
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- North America = Carolina ex Catesby.
- 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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