Profile
In flight
Waterfowl
Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
- mythic
- 85 km/h
- Least Concern
A drake painted like a folding screen, paddling through East Asian temple ponds as a living symbol of devotion. So extravagantly patterned it looks like a costume someone forgot to take off.
- Population
- large and widespread, with strong East Asian and introduced European populations
- Habitat
- wooded lakes, slow rivers, forested ponds with overhanging trees
- Diet
- acorns, seeds, aquatic plants, snails, aquatic insects
- Size
- 0.45 m
- Wingspan
- 0.73 m
