{"id":17327,"date":"2012-07-17T13:53:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/"},"modified":"2024-11-20T08:33:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T07:33:47","slug":"mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/ducks\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. The species was once widespread in eastern Asia, but large-scale exports and the destruction of its forest habitat have reduced populations in eastern Russia and in China to below 1,000 pairs in each country; Japan, however, is thought to still hold some 5,000 pairs.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-51-17327\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-335\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-3.jpg\" title=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/thumbs\/thumbs_mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-334\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-2.jpg\" title=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/thumbs\/thumbs_mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-333\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-1.jpg\" title=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) \" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata\/thumbs\/thumbs_mandarin-duck-aix-galericulata-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) <\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mandarin_duck.mp3\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">mandarin_duck<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck. 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