Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

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John Edwards
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Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

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I took a photo of 2 Mandarins yesterday, at first I thought they were 2 immature/juvenile males however as they are not classed as "wild" birds the only info I could get from my Bird Guide books was very limited so i tried Googling them only to be met with a bewildering array of photographs without any details of how to sex and age these birds. So what do you think are they immature males, females or even adult females?
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gary lilley
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Re: Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

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I would say two imm females John .
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Re: Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

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Thanks Gary, that's what I entered them as on my birdtrack records, nice to have it confirmed though.
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andy leach
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Re: Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

Post by andy leach »

having looked at the photo john. i would say the one in the foreground is imm female [paler eye stripe and grey bill] the one in the background imm male [clearer eye stripe and pinky tinge to bill ] hope this helps cheers andy
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Re: Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

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Thanks Andy, it does look like it has a tinge of pink to the bill, I could only see one today at the weir and it didn't stay still for long enough for me to get a photo.
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David Beattie
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Re: Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

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Do Mandarin go into Eclipse??
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Re: Ageing, sexing Mandarins?

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I believe they do David, It's difficult getting any information on Mandarins as they're still looked on as an introduced species.
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