Wood duck

For the Australian species, see Australian wood duck.

Wood duck
Temporal range: Pleistocene–present
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Male (above) and female wood ducks,
both at the Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Aix
Species:
A. sponsa
Binomial name
Aix sponsa
Range of A. sponsa
  Breeding range
  Year-round range
  Wintering range
Synonyms
Anas sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lampronessa sponsa
Call
Several wood ducks calling
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The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a partially migratory species of perching duck found in North America. The male is one of the most colorful North American waterfowls.[2][3]

A male wood duck taking flight
A male wood duck stretching
  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Aix sponsa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680104A92843477. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680104A92843477.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Cornell was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dawson2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).