Artist Paul Louis Oudart (1796–1860)  
Creator:C. Motte
Description
Aix galericulata
Date 1825-1834
Source/Photographer Vieillot, La galerie des oiseaux, pl. 287
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aix_galericulata_-_1825-1834_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ17600317.tif
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. |
