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Adult male alternate: ... A medium-sized duck with a long crest on head ... Wood duck Aix sponsa...
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Wood Duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Wood Duck or Carolina Duck ( Aix sponsa ) is a medium-sized perching duck. A typical adult is about 19 inches in length with an average wingspan of 29 inches. This is about three-quarters of...
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The Wood Duck is between 43-51 centimeters in length, with a wingspan of 70-73centimeters. The male Wood Duck is beautifully colored. The crown and crest is an iridescent green with blue and purple makings. Two white-lined markings extend up from the neck to the face.
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www.honoluluzoo.org/wood_duck.htm
www.honoluluzoo.org/wood_duck.htm
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Also female wood ducks are mistaken for female Mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata). The difference lies in the Mandarin duck's lighter gray head and less distinctive eye patch. (Hepp and Bellrose, 1995; The Georgia Museum of Natural History and Georgia Department of Natural Resources, 2000) ... Aix sponsa wood duck...
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animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Aix_sponsa.html
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Information on the wood duck and mandarin duck including ducks for sale, feed, hatching the eggs, rearing the young, etc ... Wood Duck And ... Both whe Wood Duck and mandarin are easy to care for and breed and have been commonly bred on game farms and in zoos for decades. The stunning beauty and charming behavior of the Wood...
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The City Naturalist - Wood Duck ... WOOD DUCK (Aix sponsa, genus name aix from Greek, a water bird; species name sponsa, Latin, a betrothed in reference to its exquisite plumage, the phrase signifies "waterfowl in wedding raiments" as though it were arrayed for a marriage.
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www.nysite.com/nature/fauna/woodduck.htm
www.nysite.com/nature/fauna/woodduck.htm
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The Wood Duck is considered by many bird watchers to be North America's most colorful waterfowl species. Its story is an example of how active wildlife management techniques can have a tremendous effect on the overall success of an individual species. ... The diet of the Wood Duck includes hard and soft mast, insects,
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www.sniksnak.com/wl/woodduck.html
www.sniksnak.com/wl/woodduck.html
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