The Wood Duck is a medium-sized duck of wooded swamps, ponds and slow rivers. Adult males have strongly patterned iridescent plumage, while females are grey-brown with a white eye-ring. It eats seeds, acorns, fruit and aquatic invertebrates and can perch in trees. The species nests in tree cavities and readily uses nest boxes. Ducklings leave the cavity within a day of hatching and jump to the ground or water below.
Locations where this species is supported by a dated first record, an unambiguous single-place outing or a reviewed assignment.
