wood duck

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q322159
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Summary

wood duck is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.47% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,828 views/month, #912 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Aix[5]
  • Taxon name: Aix sponsa[6]
  • Subclass of: Aix[7]
  • Commons category: Aix sponsa[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Aix sponsa[9]
  • Commons gallery: Aix sponsa[10]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[11]
  • Original combination: Anas sponsa[12]
  • Short name: A. sponsa[13]
  • Taxon common name: Wood Duck[14], Brautente[15], Pato joyuyo[16], Canard branchu[17], Anatra sposa[18], Carolina-eend[19], Brudeand[20], アメリカオシ[21], Каролинская утка[22], ànec de Carolina[23], kachnička karolinská[24], mõrsjapart[25], morsiosorsa[26], kisasszonyréce[27]
  • Different from: Karolinka[28]
  • Wingspan: 71 cm[29]

Body

Identifiers

wood duck's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 7107[30]. wood duck's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8833[31]. wood duck's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510552[32]. wood duck's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498387[33]. wood duck's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175122[34].

Why It Matters

wood duck has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 54 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [34] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [33] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → wood-duck
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01854783-n
    Interlingual index id → i45080
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  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → Aix
    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Original combination → Anas sponsa
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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