Talk:Mandarin duck

Distribution map

Spotted one couple myself on the Marne river at Chelle-Gournay's natural park in France 29/03/2023. I don't know how to make maps but somebody who does should probably update the distribution map. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.3.242.72 (talk) 06:54, 30 March 2023 (UTC)

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11/22/09 - Mandarin Duck pair sighted in Sedona Arizona (US) in Oak Creek with many pair of Mallards. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.170.65.88 (talk) 03:16, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Yes thiers a Mandarin Duck in California and it does associate with other ducks.

Theirs also a couple of mandarn ducks at Reading University in the Uk. they seem to happily get on with the mallards and like bread

WE HAVE SOME TOO!

Are there any in minnesota.

Two has been spotted in Norway. http://www.fvn.no/nyheter/setesdal/article368982.ece

Distribution map

Whoever out there is doing distribution maps: can you revisit this one? For sure, the species is in the east of England—some friends and I saw 26 recently, including one albino drake—GRM 22:01, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

ENGLAND

Don't forget us in England. I live in South Yorkshire in the North of England and we have three pairs of Mandarin Ducks in our Garden, on the River Sheaf. They come and go all day and attack the Mallards. Each Summer we have the babies come to visit and they come and knock on the french windows for food. In late summer the babies join up and are like Teenagers in their behaviour

Endangered?

The species was once widespread in eastern Asia, but it is now endangered despite being evaluated as Least Concern because of large-scale exports and the destruction of its forest habitat.

What? This doesn't make any sense. If it's endangered why is it labeled least concern? If it's not of concern, why are we saying it's really endangered? What's going on? john k (talk) 00:00, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Yeah I just came across that, as well.. I removed that language and added fact tag. 64.132.221.211 (talk) 17:04, 4 January 2008 (UTC)

Mandarin Duck

24th April 2008

 Male Mandarin Duck spotted in the Marina on the Llangollen Canal in Wales.U.K. Not sure if there were any females but was accompanied by Mallards male and female.My Grandson was facinated by the amazing plummage but thought he looked sad as ther were no others of his kind.

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31st March 2009 A pair of Mandarin Ducks were photographed whilst visiting a garden in Broadstone, Dorset, England. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.109.173 (talk) 18:05, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Sedona

The pair of Mandarin Ducks are still in Sedona, AZ near Oak Creek in back of the Amara Resort. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.58.38.83 (talk) 15:39, 5 May 2011 (UTC)

Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic -Vltava River at U Milano

I have a couple of photographs taken May 4th, 2011 at the camp U Milano during a float on the Vltava River from Cesky Krumlov to Zlatá Koruna (about 50 minutes from start of trip) of a Mandarin Drake in full colorful plumage. The woman from the rafting company recognized the duck and was able to provide the Czech name so it evidently is very common in the district. 87.11.128.176 (talk) 16:36, 11 May 2011 (UTC) Sandi Jull 87.11.128.176 (talk) 16:36, 11 May 2011 (UTC)

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A male and female mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, United Kingdom, showing the sexual dimorphism of the species. The adult male has a red bill, large white crescent above the eye and reddish face and "whiskers", as well as a purple breast with two vertical white bars, and ruddy flanks. The female is similar to female wood duck, with a white eye-ring and stripe running back from the eye, but is paler below, has a small white flank stripe, and a pale tip to its bill.

This species was once widespread in East Asia, but large-scale exports and the destruction of its forest habitat have reduced populations. A large feral population has been established in Great Britain.Photograph: Francis C. Franklin

To add to article

Basic information to add to this article: why they are called "mandarin ducks" in English.

Also, why are they not eaten in Chinese culture? Do they not taste good? 173.88.246.138 (talk) 20:38, 24 November 2020 (UTC)

Image replacement

I replaced a 1-megapixel, blurry image of a nonbreeding drake with a higher quality one. I see Palmiped, who took the original one, has now restored it without explanation. I would revert, but since I took the new one (and it's bad form to edit war to retain one's own image in an article), I'll bring it up here. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 22:39, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Is your image a drake in eclipse plumage? If so, I'll support replacing the low quality version. Otherwise, this discussion would be pointless. Pinging @Palmiped for their response. _ZZ^Z'S 23:24, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Agree it would be pointless. Yes, that's a drake in eclipse plumage. :) — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 23:33, 30 August 2024 (UTC)

Alright then. I support your proposed image. _ZZ^Z'S 01:10, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

I replaced image as it shows the drake in full eclipse plumage, the other image the drake was still in feather moulting, ie wing feathers still have colour, so not in full eclipse. I could be wrong but hope this explains reason for change. palmiped^Talk 08:42, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for the explanation. FWIW it's a good idea to use edit summaries to explain these sorts of things. As for what it depicts, I'm not so sure they're all that different except in light and perspective. I'd asked a couple people to confirm before uploading and a google image search does return a lot of images that look like the one I uploaded, so I feel good about calling it eclipse plumage. That said, I'm not as confident in my own knowledge when it comes to Eurasian birds vs. North American birds. Pinging a couple of the major article contributors for input: @Jimfbleak and Aa77zz:. — Rhododendrites ^talk \\ 14:07, 31 August 2024 (UTC)

Personally, I'd go with the higher res. Apart from being asleep, it's virtually identical to the Wildfowl of the World image of this plumage. The low res doesn't show the wing colouration, but I think that's just the angle. Even in eclipse, mandarin can't really be confused with wood duck, the only similar species, so go with the better image Jimfbleak - talk to me? 15:53, 31 August 2024 (UTC)