Mandarin duck captivates visitors to Central Park in New York

New York.- It became in a few weeks the new attraction of Central Park in New York: a beautiful mandarin duck, come from who knows where, came to mingle with the most common ducks for the pleasure of walkers and paparazzi.

With its impressive multicolored plumage, this duck of Asian origin appeared in the famous park of this city on a beautiful October day and was captured by the camera of a rare bird lover, David Barrett (BirdCentralPark), who shared the video the Twitter network.

Since then, the comings and goings of this magnificent example of the Anatidae family have been closely followed by social media and he even had his moment of glory when he appeared in the prestigious newspaper The New York Times.

Nobody knows how he got there. Some initially thought that he had escaped from a zoo, but the city's gardens have spread it.

Others have speculated that it could have been abandoned by the house to which it belonged, even if it means that it was coming from beyond New York, because the laws of the financial capital of the United States prohibit the presence of a duck at home.

This mystery has only fueled the popularity of Internet users.

The same as his occasional leaks, which made him disappear on occasion for two weeks in a row.

He has been seen many times in the state of New Jersey, on the other side of the East River, with his black ring on his right leg, although it is unknown to him. He swam or flew from the other side.

Thus, he became a star nicknamed "Mandarin Patinkin" by the New York City news site Gothamist, in tribute to actor Mandy Patinkin ("The Princess Bride").

On Tuesday, the Mandarin Duck relaxed under the lenses of the photographers in the pond located southeast of Central Park, just meters from The Plaza's grand hotel, pecking at the breadcrumbs thrown at him by the curious.