Record details

:   34160
Province:   Gauteng
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2627BB
Observer:   Steen L.
Date of record:   2017-01-20
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   Had three ducklings last year
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   1017
Species name:   Aix galericulata
Common name:   Mandarin Duck
Family:   Anatidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Wood Duck Aix sponsa
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-34160
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Not too sure about exotic ducks, but if you look at the white around the eye, I think that this is a female Mandarin. (Female Wood has more white around the eye in a tear drop shape).
Date:   2017-01-27 07:38:08
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Female. Possible hybridisation?
Date:   2017-07-20 13:47:10
Species name:   Aix galericulata -- Mandarin Duck
Species code:   1017

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