The male Mandarin has a red beak, large white eye-stripe, reddish face and whiskers. A purple breast with two vertical white bars, ruddy flanks, two orange sails at the back, and yellow legs and feet.
The female is grey/brown with a thin white eye-stripe which circles the eye, grey beak, and dark yellow legs.
The male in eclipse plumage is similar to the female but has a reddish bill and visible blue wing feathers.
Typical Adult is 41-49cm (16-19in).
Plants, seeds, nuts, snails, insects, fish, and feeds in rice paddies in the east.
Densely wooded areas near shallow lakes, marshes or ponds. Found in the Far East including south-eastern Russia, north-eastern China, Japan, and Taiwan. Winters further south in south-eastern China. Due to frequent escaped Mandarins from collections there is now a large feral population established in the UK. There are also isolated feral populations in Europe and the USA.
April and May in UK.
9 to 12 (creamy white colour) incubated by female only.
River Cottage's collection of Wood Ducks changes regularly. Please visit us regularly to keep up-to-date with our flock
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