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Mandarin Duck

Aix galericulata

50,596Records since 2000
AprilPeak month
111Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan4,165
Feb3,477
Mar6,807
Apr8,886
May6,847
Jun3,879
Jul3,648
Aug3,117
Sep2,519
Oct2,437
Nov2,193
Dec2,468

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Surrey England2,869
2Cheshire East England1,881
3Gloucestershire England1,721
4Wirral England1,336
5Stockport England1,275
6Norfolk England1,098
7Sheffield England1,055
8Suffolk England1,044
9Rutland England1,009
10North Yorkshire England971
11Kent England915
12Leeds England876
13Powys Wales811
14Devon England722
15Cambridgeshire England696
47,859 England682 Scotland2,037 Wales10 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 111 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
50,596
Peak month
April
Counties with records
111
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Aix galericulata
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
23,327
Conservation designations
Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Aix
Name with authority
Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
25

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q200339 · GBIF 2498388