mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) Aix galericulata
English: A male Mandarin Duck taking off from Bushy Park, Terenure, Dublin, Ireland.
Date 12 October 2010, 10:44:08
Source Flickr: A rare visitor to Bushy Park
Author Stephen Heron http://www.flickr.com/people/34726560@N00
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aix_galericulata_-Bushy_Park,_Terenure,_Dublin,_Ireland_-male-8.jpg
The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a perching duck species found in East Asia. It is closely related to the North American wood duck, the only other member of the genus Aix. 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.
