Aix: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Aix
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Aix
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Aix (bird)
Aix is a bird genus that contains two species of ducks: the wood duck (Aix sponsa), and the mandarin duck (Aix galericulata). Aix (αἴξ, genitive αἰγός) is an Ancient Greek word used by Aristotle to refer to an unknown diving bird.
...Aix in languages:
- Arabic
- بط الخشب و بط الماندرين
- Bulgarian
- Горски патици
- Czech
- kachnička
- English
- Wood and Mandarin Ducks
- Finnish
- mandariinisorsat
- German
- Mandarin- & Brautenten
- Japanese
- オシドリ属
- Russian
- Лесные утки
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Aix
- Aix × Anas
- Aix × Lophodytes
- Aix × Mareca
- Alopochen
- Alopochen × Cairina
- Amazonetta
- Anas
- Anas × Aythya
- Anas × Cairina
- Anas × Mareca
- Anas × Netta
- Anas × Sibirionetta
- Anas × Spatula
- Anser
- Anser × Cygnus
- Asarcornis
- Aythya
- Aythya × Mergus
- Biziura
- Branta
- Branta × Anser
- Bucephala
- Bucephala × Lophodytes
- Bucephala × Mergellus
- Cairina
- Callonetta
- Camptorhynchus
- Centrornis
- Cereopsis
- Chendytes
- Chenonetta
- Chloephaga
- Clangula
- Cnemiornis
- Coscoroba
- Cyanochen
- Cygnus
- Dendrocygna
- Heteronetta
- Histrionicus
- Hymenolaimus
- Lophodytes
- Lophodytes × Mergellus
- Lophodytes × Mergus
- Lophonetta
- Malacorhynchus
- Mareca
- Mareca × Spatula
- Marmaronetta
- Melanitta
- Merganetta
- Mergellus
- Mergus
- Netta
- Netta × Aythya
- Nettapus
- Nomonyx
- Oressochen
- Oxyura
- Plectropterus
- Polysticta
- Pteronetta
- Radjah
- Rhodonessa
- Salvadorina
- Sarkidiornis
- Sibirionetta
- Somateria
- Somateria × Mergus
- Spatula
- Speculanas
- Stictonetta
- Tachyeres
- Tadorna
- Tadorna × Anas
- Talpanas
- Thalassornis
- Thambetochenini





































































