Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Pair of Mandarin ducks

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 7 Aug 2014 at 02:21:56 (UTC)

Reason: FP on commons, lead image in the bird article, can't think of a better way to illustrate sexual dimorphism
Articles in which this image appears: Mandarin duck, sexual dimorphism
FP category for this image: Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Birds
Creator: Francis C. Franklin

Support as nominator – — Crisco 1492 (talk) 02:21, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Comment These don't really look like ducks to me, come on. Also when I actually zoom in close it turns out that the whole thing is made up of tiny little squares giving it a speckled effect which I find disturbing. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 07:01, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
- "They don't really look like ducks"? Sigh... — Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:10, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Oh well, OK. Maybe they quack like ducks, fair enough. Excellent image by the way, even if it is made up of those funny little squares. Coat of Many Colours (talk) 16:42, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support: per nom. My feathers will never be ruffled. Fylbecatulous talk 17:17, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support ///EuroCarGT 21:23, 28 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support — Striking example of sex (or must I say gender?) differentiation. The female may be modestly coiffured, but she looks like a flirt to me. Sca (talk) 13:49, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support Outstanding photo with high EV. --Lewis Hulbert (talk) 15:22, 29 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support- beautiful. Bzweebl (talk • contribs) 17:05, 30 July 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support This is awesome. Fredlyfish4 (talk) 21:15, 1 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Pair of mandarin ducks.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 04:24, 7 August 2014 (UTC)[reply]