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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, HMA 4649.1.JPG
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mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)


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.

Aix galericulata
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