The ducks where the male has an all-green head I know — those are mallards, common in America too. But I’ve never seen the other type, with the red and green.
>3. MANDARIN DUCKS AREN’T DOING WELL IN THEIR NATIVE TERRITORY. Sadly, they’re threatened by severe habitat loss across their native range and have a global population of around 65,000 individuals
They’re apparently native to Japan and thereabouts, but after losing much of their original habitat, are now mostly living in little pockets spread around the world.
>The species was once widespread in East 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. The Asian populations are migratory, overwintering in lowland eastern China and southern Japan.[4]
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>Specimens frequently escape from collections, and in the 20th century, a large, feral population was established in Great Britain; more recently, small numbers have bred in Ireland, concentrated in the parks of Dublin. Now, about 7,000 are in Britain with other populations on the European continent, the largest of which is in the region of Berlin.[5] Isolated populations exist in the United States. The town of Black Mountain, North Carolina, has a limited population,[6] and a free-flying feral population of several hundred mandarins exist in Sonoma County, California.[citation needed] This population is the result of several ducks escaping from captivity, then reproducing in the wild.[3] In 2018, a single bird, dubbed Mandarin Patinkin, was seen in New York City’s Central Park.[7]
Wikipedia has one image of a pair in Poland, so they presumably do live there.
I feel like there is some Sabaton joke here, although I can’t quite out my finger on it
look at all those chickens
poland’s air forces.
Didn’t know that we have Mandarin ducks in Łazienki. Thats amazing.
huh, aren’t these migratory?
Ducks are underrated animals
Quack
What kind of drones are these??
Awww I love it
I wonder where do the ducks go when the pond freezes over?
Nice day for ducks
dux
I don’t understand why people think so highly of winter, yes it’s nice for those few nice outdoor days but 90 percent are way too cold or snowing like hell or slippery and everything about winter wants to inconvenience you or ruin your day.
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The ducks where the male has an all-green head I know — those are mallards, common in America too. But I’ve never seen the other type, with the red and green.
Looking at some images of ducks, I think that they’re [mandarin ducks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandarin_duck).
They’re apparently far less-common than mallards — over here alone, there are apparently [on the order of ten million mallards](https://www.fws.gov/migratorybirds/pdf/surveys-and-data/Population-status/Waterfowl/WaterfowlPopulationStatusReport19.pdf), whereas the mandarin duck is far rarer:
https://sonalsart.com/is-the-mandarin-duck-endangered/
>3. MANDARIN DUCKS AREN’T DOING WELL IN THEIR NATIVE TERRITORY. Sadly, they’re threatened by severe habitat loss across their native range and have a global population of around 65,000 individuals
They’re apparently native to Japan and thereabouts, but after losing much of their original habitat, are now mostly living in little pockets spread around the world.
>The species was once widespread in East 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. The Asian populations are migratory, overwintering in lowland eastern China and southern Japan.[4]
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>Specimens frequently escape from collections, and in the 20th century, a large, feral population was established in Great Britain; more recently, small numbers have bred in Ireland, concentrated in the parks of Dublin. Now, about 7,000 are in Britain with other populations on the European continent, the largest of which is in the region of Berlin.[5] Isolated populations exist in the United States. The town of Black Mountain, North Carolina, has a limited population,[6] and a free-flying feral population of several hundred mandarins exist in Sonoma County, California.[citation needed] This population is the result of several ducks escaping from captivity, then reproducing in the wild.[3] In 2018, a single bird, dubbed Mandarin Patinkin, was seen in New York City’s Central Park.[7]
Wikipedia has one image of a pair in Poland, so they presumably do live there.
I feel like there is some Sabaton joke here, although I can’t quite out my finger on it
look at all those chickens
poland’s air forces.
Didn’t know that we have Mandarin ducks in Łazienki. Thats amazing.
huh, aren’t these migratory?
Ducks are underrated animals
Quack
What kind of drones are these??
Awww I love it
I wonder where do the ducks go when the pond freezes over?
Nice day for ducks
dux
I don’t understand why people think so highly of winter, yes it’s nice for those few nice outdoor days but 90 percent are way too cold or snowing like hell or slippery and everything about winter wants to inconvenience you or ruin your day.