Mandarin Duck Facts You Need to Know

In recent days, we have explored for you about Mandarin duck, whose pictures are often spread on social media, and fascinated by its unique beauties and extraordinary colors. Get to know the mandarin duck with all its features, molting times, habitats, feeding and care.

Are mandarin ducks related to wood ducks? Yes. Mandarin ducks and wood ducks are the only two species under the "aix" classification of duck.Their family tree breaks down like this:– Class: Aves (birds)– Order: Anseriformes (waterfowl)– Family: Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans)– Genus: Aix (mandarin ducks and wood ducks),Mandarin ducks are known as aix galericulata, and wood ducks are called aix sponsa.