mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

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Subject:	mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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FMIB 46820 Lamellirosteres Canard a eventail.jpeg

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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

Author Charles Henry Dessalines d'Orbigny (1806–1876)
Description
Français : Lamellirosteres. Canard a eventail
English: Anas galericulata
Subject: Anas, Ducks
Tag: Water Birds
Date 1849
Source/Photographer
Français : D'Orbigny, M. Charles (1849) Dictionnaire Universel d'Histoire Naturelle. Atlas., Paris: MM. Renard, Martinet et Cie.
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FMIB_46820_Lamellirosteres_Canard_a_eventail.jpeg

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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