Mandarin Duck Swimming, Kirkland, Washington

A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.

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A male mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) swims on Lake Washington in Kirkland, Washington, several thousand miles from its native range in east Asia. While the mandarin duck is native to Japan, southeast Russia and eastern China, it has been exported to the United Kingdom and North America, where it has occasionally escaped captivity and established feral populations. It is closely related to the North American wood duck.