mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)

Français : En haut Canard mandarin et en bas Pélican frisé dessinés par Traviés dans le dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle de Charles d'Orbigny (1867)
Date 16 April 2013, 14:08:02
Source Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle
Author Charles Dessalines d' Orbigny
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%27Orbigny-Canard_mandarin_et_P%C3%A9lican_fris%C3%A9_-_Aix_galericulata.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.


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Description		mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) Français : En haut Canard mandarin et en bas Pélican frisé dessinés par Traviés dans le dictionnaire universel d'histoire naturelle de Charles d'Orbigny (1867) Date 16 April 2013, 14:08:02 Source Dictionnaire universel d’histoire naturelle Author Charles Dessalines d' Orbigny Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D%27Orbigny-Canard_mandarin_et_P%C3%A9lican_fris%C3%A9_-_Aix_galericulata.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.

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