---
title: "Carolina-eend"
description: "Aix sponsa — Vogels. The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a partially migratory species of perching duck found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/wood-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Carolina-eend

> Aix sponsa — Vogels. The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a partially migratory species of perching duck found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Aix sponsa*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 124067
- Wikidata: [Q322159](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q322159)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7107](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7107)

## Names

- en: Wood Duck
- de: Brautente
- es: Pato Arcoíris
- fr: Canard branchu
- nl: Carolina-eend
- pt: Pato-carolino
- pl: Karolinka

## Countries with the most observations

US (84388), CA (30272), MX (888), DE (293), IT (288), FR (259), AT (125), RU (122), GB (116), PT (110), NL (83), CZ (59)

## Summary

The wood duck or Carolina duck (Aix sponsa) is a partially migratory species of perching duck found in North America. The male is one of the most colorful North American waterfowls.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_duck

## Photo

![Carolina-eend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/wood-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/159169617

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/wood-duck?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).