Mandarin Duck

During the moulting season, the male loses his strikingly colored feathers.

Mandarijneend

  • Azië

    Habitat

  • waterplanten, rijst en granen

    Food

  • 6-10 jaar

    Lifetime

  • 400-700 gram

    Weight

  • 9-12 eieren

    Number of youngsters

  • 28-30 dagen

    Wear time

  • veilig

    IUCN Status

  • nee

    EEP?

Wist je dat?

  • 10

    years, that's how old the mandarin duck can get

  • 700

    grams, that's how much the mandarin duck weighs at most

  • 30

    days, that's how long the mandarin duck's breeding season is

Big jump

The female mandarin duck makes her nest in a hole in a tree. That
is sometimes as high as several meters. When the young hatch, they may still be
do not fly. Still, they need to get to the water almost immediately from the nest. They
then just jump out of the tree and drop meters down.

Far from home

Mandarin ducks belong in Asia, but you can also find them in almost all of Europe
encountered in the wild. These ducks are commonly kept in castle gardens,
city parks and in people's homes. If they escape then, they are fine in
survive the European wild. About 800 currently live in the Netherlands.
mandarin ducks in the wild.