Most were mallards or wood ducks, there were a few coots and ... from all the rest with its boldly colored feathers – a mandarin duck. If the glamorous-looking mandarin duck were a person ...

Mandarin Ducks are native to East Asia -- that's why spotting one in Central Park is so remarkable. They are a close relative of the Wood Duck and, like the Wood Duck, the male is more colorful.

They’re not easy to catch." The Central Park Pond's newly-arrived male Mandarin Duck (we still do not know how it got here) unseated the Wood Duck as prettiest duck in the park. Gus Keri brings ...

which we all thought was a wood duck at first, flew right by my buddy’s head. We were like, ‘yeah, we should probably just sit down.’” Mandarin ducks are native to The Far East.

The Mandarin duck, known for its multicolored feathers and hot pink bill, is native to East Asia. The big question: Why is it here, in the middle of Manhattan? Photographer Dennis Newsham can't ...

There are some competitors and everyone has their favorite, but the male wood duck is unsurpassed in my opinion. Worldwide, there are many contenders, the Mandarin duck ( a close relative of the ...

a plumed out drake is prettiest duck in North America (it’s closes relative is the Mandarin duck in Asia). In the Eastern and Mississippi Flyways, wood ducks are abundant and accessible. According to ...

But this year, the turning leaves in Manhattan’s Central Park have been overshadowed by a rare bird – a brightly colored Mandarin duck, seen swimming among the park’s more pedestrian bird ...

“The mandarin, widely regarded as the world’s most beautiful duck, is a native of China and Japan,” explains the website Living with Birds. He’s a close relative of the North American wood ...