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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
| Subject: | mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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Plum Branch and Mandarin Ducks by Shibata Zeshin, c. 1870s, lacquer on paper, Honolulu Museum of Art, accession 4649.1
Date circa 1870s
Author Shibata Zeshin (1807–1891)  
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%27Plum_Branch_and_Mandarin_Ducks%27_by_Shibata_Zeshin,_c._1870s,_lacquer_on_paper,_HMA_4649.1.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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