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.
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Aix
Species:
A. sponsa
Binomial name
Aix sponsa
(Linnaeus, 1758)
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 species of perching duck found in North America. The drake wood duck is one of the most colorful North American waterfowls.[2][3]
A male wood duck taking flightA male wood duck stretching
^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.
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