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Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Dendronessa galericulata

Photographs

Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 26, 2001 © William Hull  Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 26, 2001 © William Hull  Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Mar 26, 2001 © William Hull 
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Range

E. Asia and Japan;
Fragmented distribution;
Se. Siberia (Amurland, Ussuriland, s. Sakhalin Is.) s. through Korea to ne. China (Changbei Shan Nature Reserve, Kumara River in Heilungkiang (Manchuria) and possibly n. Hopeh) and Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu) s. to the Ryukyu Is. (Okinawa). Formerly may have bred in the s. Kuril Is. Migrates through China as far w. as se. Kansu and e. Szechwa and through Korea (Taesong'dong and Panmucnch'om Marshes in South Korea).
Winters s. to se. China from Chekiang to n. Kwangtung and irregularly to s. Kwangtung and Kwangsi) and occasionally to Taiwan. Introduced and established in the British Isles in se. England (Surrey, e. Berkshire) and Scotland (Perth).

Videos

Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Feb 12, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Male and female swimming.

Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan - Feb 12, 2002 Source: William Hull
Description: Male swimming.

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Biological Research Information Center, BRIC of Korea

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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