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MANDARIN DUCK (Male) ©al mawash hani Location: Found throughout Southeast Asia, Soviet Union, China, large populations also found in Japan and England Status: Least Concern Facts:Other than being considered the most beautiful of duck species, there is just about nothing fascinating about these birds…and for much of the summer the male molts and loses his colored feathers, which do not return until the fall Mandarin ducks in Britain are the descendants of captive-bred ducks which escaped or were deliberately released. Mandarins are one of the few duck species which are not hunted for food - apparently they taste really bad! — Fact Source:http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Mandarin_Duckhttp://www.philadelphiazoo.org/zoo/meet-our-animals/birds/waterfowl/mandarin-duck.htm Other posts: Preening Mandarin in Breeding plumage White Faced Whistling Duck Brahminy Duck

MANDARIN DUCK (Male) ©al mawash hani

Location:
Found throughout Southeast Asia, Soviet Union, China, large populations also found in Japan and England

Status: Least Concern

Facts:
Other than being considered the most beautiful of duck species, there is just about nothing fascinating about these birds…and for much of the summer the male molts and loses his colored feathers, which do not return until the fall

Mandarin ducks in Britain are the descendants of captive-bred ducks which escaped or were deliberately released. Mandarins are one of the few duck species which are not hunted for food - apparently they taste really bad!

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Fact Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/nature/life/Mandarin_Duck
http://www.philadelphiazoo.org/zoo/meet-our-animals/birds/waterfowl/mandarin-duck.htm

Other posts:

Preening Mandarin in Breeding plumage

White Faced Whistling Duck

Brahminy Duck

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