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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
| Subject: | mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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Date: 2011:01:14 15:57:07
Camera: NIKON D90 (NIKON CORPORATION)
F number: f/5.6
Exposure: 625/100000 sec
Focal Length: 250/1
Upload Date: 2017:04:06 15:53:59
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Aix galericulata, Hafen Riesbach in Zürich (Switzerland)
Date 14 January 2011
Author Roland zh https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Roland_zh
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aix_galericulata_-_Z%C3%BCrich_-_Hafen_Riesbach_2011-01-14_15-57-08.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.
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Scientific Name: Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Names: Mandarin Duck, Mandarin
French: Canard mandarin; German: Mandarinente; Spanish: Pato mandarín
Taxonomy: Anas galericulata Linnaeus, 1758, China. |
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