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While canoeing I spotted this small duck in a river near a nature reserve in the middle of Holland.
Here's a juvenile male Mandarin:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/cfs-fil...
Here's an Eclipsed male:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/community/cfs-fil...
I thought it was a female mandarin duck, but I got confused by the orange beak and the brown patch on top of the head. Still I can't find any pictures ore information on changing young male mandarin ducks.