The mandarin duck (scientific name: Aix galericulata; English Name: Mandarin Duck, which China officer duck): Mandarin Duck refers to the male, the female must refer to the mandarin duck, is a compound word. Genus of anseriform medium-sized duck, intermediate in size between Mallard and teal, body length 38-45 cm, weight 0.5 kg. Dioecism, male red beak, orange legs, feather color bright and gorgeous, head Yuhina a beautiful, eye has a broad white supercilium, a pair of brown fan upright feather wings like sails, stand back, very strange and eye-catching, easy to identify the wild. Female black beak, orange legs, head and the whole body gray brown, white eye, then even a thin white supercilium, is also extremely eye-catching and unique. Mainly inhabits mountain forests, lakes, rivers, ponds and paddy fields in the reed marshes. Omnivorous. The mandarin duck is China famous ornamental birds, is regarded as a symbol of love, because people see mandarin ducks are in pairs. Often appear in the literature and myths of ancient China legendary bird. People often use Mandarin to describe the love between men and women.
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