Wood duck
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The wood duck or Carolina duck is a partially migratory species of perching duck found in North America. The male is one of the most colorful North American waterfowls.
Male in flight
Drake with fanned out head feathers, in Oregon
Male vocalizing
Female with ducklings
Aix (bird)
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Aix is a bird genus that contains two species of ducks: the wood duck, and the mandarin duck. Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird.
Wood duck
…as North America but this has been restricted to Carolina following Catesby. The wood duck is now placed together with the mandarin duck in the genus Aix that was introduced in 1828 by the German naturalist Friedrich Boie. The species is monotypic: no subspecies are recognised. The genus name is an Ancient…
Mandarinente 2008
Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Woodduck 95
Pair of mandarin ducks