Wood Duck
Aix sponsa
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae (Anàtids)
- GenusAix (Wood and Mandarin Ducks)
- SpeciesAix sponsa (Wood Duck)
Closest Relatives at Ciénaga de Zapata
Blue-winged Teal
Spatula discors
Lesser Scaup
Aythya affinis
American Wigeon
Mareca americana
West Indian Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna arborea
Northern Shoveler
Spatula clypeata
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
White-cheeked Pintail
Anas bahamensis
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Common Teal
Anas crecca
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna bicolor
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Wood Duck in Ciénaga de Zapata?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Wood Duck sighting in Ciénaga de Zapata, based on 8 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wood Duck in Ciénaga de Zapata?
April has the highest sighting rate for Wood Duck in Ciénaga de Zapata in our monthly data.