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Wood duck
Aix sponsa · Family Anatidae
Aix sponsa
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 6,516,697
- Countries and territories with records
- 89
About this species
This species has 6,516,697 occurrence records from 89 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (87.6%) and Canada (11.9%); together they account for 99.5% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.51% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Aix sponsa combines the genus name Aix with the species epithet sponsa. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Aix: Aix galericulata.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 7th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 5.1 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.