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Wood. With big fluffy plumes on the tops of their heads, Wood ducks are distinct among many other breeds. But what really sets these birds apart is the unique profile of the female duck, which ...
The Crested is a breed of domestic duck, characterised by a crest or tuft of feathers on the head. Ducks of this kind were probably brought from the East Indies to Europe by Dutch ships. [ 3 ] : 413 The duck may be of any colour; the crest results from the action of an autosomal dominant gene and varies widely in size, from imperceptibly small ...
A purple duck that wears a white sailor's hat and is one of the main characters. Quacula: Heckle & Jeckle: Filmation: A pale blue duck with a Daffy Duck-like beak and fangs, dressed in a blue jacket and a black cape with a red lining. Quacker: Tom & Jerry: MGM: Quacker talks a lot compared to Tom and Jerry. In many episodes, he is the only one ...
The Duck Flock, flock of gangster mallard ducks who want revenge on a human gang in the music video "Get Up (Rattle)" The duck on the head of the beggar The Duck Man in the Discworld novels by Terry Pratchett; DuckBob Spinowitz, man transformed into an anthropomorphic duck by aliens in the novel No Small Bills [9] by Aaron Rosenberg.
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Daisy is a white duck with an orange beak and legs. She usually has indigo eyeshadow, long distinct eyelashes and ruffled feathers around her lowest region to suggest a skirt. Like Donald, she typically doesn't wear pants, although she sometimes wears an actual skirt or longer dresses and clothes to cover her bottom.
The white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) is a whistling duck that breeds in sub-Saharan Africa and much of South America. This species is gregarious, and at favoured sites, the flocks of a thousand or more birds arriving at dawn are an impressive sight. As the name implies, these are noisy birds with a clear three-note whistling call.
The crest is made up of semiplume feathers: a long rachis with barbs on either side. These are plumulaceous feathers, meaning that they are soft and bendable. In birds, these semiplumes are common along the head, neck, and upper back, and may be used for buoyancy and sensing vibrations. Crests on birds are generally used for display purposes.