Marietha, I agree with you this is really a very pretty male duck of some sort. Really great close up work. Great job & he does have beautiful colours.
Marietha this is a beautiful portrait of this duck. If you were in Norht America i would say this is a Wood Duck..but not sure they are in South Africa...gerry
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Very nice photo. It's a male mandarin duck without a doubt, but he looks a bit unhappy and not very healthy to be honest (or getting rather old) hence the duller colours in his plumage. :(