The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a type of roosting duck found in North America. It is quite possibly the most bright North American waterfowl.
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The wood duck is a medium-sized roasting duck. An ordinary grown-up is from 47 to 54 cm (19 to 21 in) ( or 1.5 feet max.) In length with a wingspan of between 66 to 73 cm (26 to 29 in). The wood duck's weight goes from 454-862 g (16.0-30.4 oz).[4] This is around 3/4 of the length of a grown-up mallard. It imparts its class to the Asian Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata).
The grown-up male has particular kaleidoscopic brilliant plumage and red eyes, with an unmistakable white flare down the neck. The female, less brilliant, has a white eye-ring and a whitish throat. The two grown-ups have peaked heads.
The male's call is a rising whistle, jeeeeee; the females utter a somewhat long, rising screech, do sob, when flushed, and a sharp cr-r-ek, cr-e-ek for a caution call.
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