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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Birds of the world; a popular account. With a chapter on the anatomy of birds, by Frederic A. Lucas; the whole edited by Robert Ridgway.
Date 1909
Source http://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/7050595573
Author Frank Hall Knowlton; Frederic A Lucas.; Robert Ridgway
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Birds_of_the_world_(Plate_4)_(7050595573).jpg
The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species found in East Asia. Aix is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird, and galericulata is the Latin for a wig, derived from galerum, a cap or bonnet. |
