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Aix sponsa
The Wood duck (Aix sponsa) is a bird found in United States and Canada. Wooded swamps, ponds and rivers across North America. It eats seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.
See the Wood duck on the 3D globe →| Scientific name | Aix sponsa |
|---|---|
| Region | North America |
| Found in | United States and Canada |
🏡 Where the Wood duck lives
Wooded swamps, ponds and rivers across North America.
🍽️ What it eats
- 🌰 Seeds & nuts50%
- 🌿 Leaves & plants50%
A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).
Conservation status
Hear the Wood duck
Recorded by Sunny Tseng (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC509715. Trimmed to a few seconds.
Questions about the Wood duck
Where does the Wood duck live?
The Wood duck lives in United States and Canada. Wooded swamps, ponds and rivers across North America.
What does the Wood duck eat?
seeds and nuts (about 50%), leaves and other plant parts (about 50%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.
Is the Wood duck endangered?
There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.
More birds from North America
- Perija parakeet
- Santa Marta parakeet
- White-breasted thrasher
- Elfin woods warbler
- Bahama warbler
- Jamaican poorwill
Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.