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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Subject: mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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Lü Ji Mandarin Ducks and Hollyhocks. 15 cent. Metropolitan Museum.jpg
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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)


Lü Ji Mandarin Ducks and Hollyhocks. 15 cent. Metropolitan Museum New York
Date 12 January 2012
Source Metmuseum
Author Lü Ji
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%C3%BC_Ji_Mandarin_Ducks_and_Hollyhocks._15_cent._Metropolitan_Museum.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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