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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 ...
The Pekin or White Pekin is an American breed of domestic duck, raised primarily for meat. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It derives from birds brought to the United States from China in the nineteenth century, [ 8 ] and is now bred in many parts of the world. [ 6 ]
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Canada goose American wigeon. The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans.These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
This is a list of the breeds of domestic duck which have official recognition at national or international level. [1]Most breeds of duck derive from the wild mallard, Anas platyrhyncos, while a small minority are descendants of the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata.
List of birds of Santa Cruz County, California. The county is in Northern California , located on the California coast, including northern Monterey Bay , and west of the San Francisco Bay and Silicon Valley .
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A warehouse in Orange County had received a late order of balut, a Southeast Asian delicacy of fertilized duck eggs, but now the warehouse had a crisis on its hands: Hundreds of the eggs were ...
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