Mandarin Duck
Aix galericulata
Photo: Tristan Scholze / CC BY-NC 4.0 / iNaturalist
The Mandarin Duck is a beautiful duck whose males wear brilliantly colored plumage. It nests in tree cavities, and its ducklings leap from the nest to the ground to leave. In Japan it has long symbolized a happy marriage. It is seen at the waterside of the former Shirokane Imperial Estate in Tokyo, where nature is protected.
- Scientific name
- Aix galericulata
- Group
- Birds
- Prefectures
- Tokyo
- 日本語
- オシドリ
- 简体中文
- 鸳鸯
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The Mandarin Duck is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Tokyo.
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