Mandarin Duck
Chris Packham presents the mandarin duck.
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about our British birds inspired by their calls and songs.
Chris Packham presents the story of the Mandarin Duck. A drake mandarin has orange whiskers, red bill, a broad creamy eye-stripe and an iridescent purple chest, set off by a pair of extraordinary curved orange wing feathers which stand up like a boat's sails. Today there are seven thousand birds living in the wild and the numbers are increasing.
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Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
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- Mon 20 Jan 2014 05:5891热爆 Radio 4
- Sun 26 Jan 2014 08:5891热爆 Radio 4 FM
- Tue 11 Oct 2016 05:5891热爆 Radio 4
- Fri 8 Jan 2021 05:5891热爆 Radio 4
- Wed 17 Jan 2024 05:5891热爆 Radio 4
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