They can still be located in abundance in their native East Asia but can additionally found in the numbers in the UK.

They were brought over from China in the 20th century by the Mandarins but a few of them left and produced their own feral colony, and this is how their population was grown in Britain and various other locations around the world.

As you may see from the pictures, they are multi-colored. With a red costs, white crescent over its eyes, orange face and ‘whiskers’.

The breast is purple with bronze-colored sides. The top of the back is blue with 2 orange ‘sails’ just listed below it that stick up, just like a boat sail.

Only the man of the types is this unique coloring. The female is a much duller grey color with a white striped ranging from her eyes and white seen breast.

Finding among these men in North America is possible, however incredibly rare. You may remember the ‘famous’ Mandarin duck called Trevor from Vancouver that went viral.

These stunning ducks don’t have any type of natural predators in the west, so when they were first unintentionally introduced to the west, there were worries that they may come to be invasive.

Mandarin ducks live and breed in dense and shrubby locations such as the edge of rivers.

Although they may breed in valleys and high altitudes, they choose to be reduced down, as long as there is freshwater around.

They normally eat plants and seeds however are recognized to enjoy the odd snail, insect or little fish to their diet, depending on the period.

The Mandarins largest threat is because of habitat loss from logging. They are not listed as endangered.