Back Aix galericulata AN بط صيني Arabic بط صينى ARZ Aix galericulata AST Mandarin nudol (Aix galericulata) AVK Mandarin ördəyi Azerbaijani Мандаринка (ҡош) Bashkir Мандарынка Byelorussian Мандаринка Bulgarian मैंडारिन बत्तख Bihari
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| Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
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The mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is a duck that breeds in eastern Siberia, China and Japan and winters in southern China and Japan. There is a small free-flying population in Britain which grew from the release of captive bred ducks.