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Dooby Duck, the presenter of Dooby Duck's Disco Bus; Edd the Duck, puppet mallard from CBBC's The Broom Cupboard; Ferdinand, [7] adventurous white male duck who appears in Babe and Babe: Pig in the City; Harry the Duck, Bear's long-lost friend from Bear in the Big Blue House. Howard the Duck, from the 1986 film of the same name based on the ...
The duck's common name is based on early European inhabitants of North America's assertion that its back was a canvas-like color. [4] In other languages it is just a white-backed duck; for example in French, morillon à dos blanc, or Spanish, pato lomo blanco. [5] In Mexico it is called pato coacoxtle. [6]
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 platyrhynchos, while a small minority are descendants of the Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata.
African black duck. The African black duck is a black duck with pronounced white marks on its back, a dark bill, and orange legs and feet. A purpish-blue speculum is often visible, especially in flight. It lives in central and southern Africa. It is also known as the black river duck, or (A. s. leucostigma) West African black duck or Ethiopian ...
Duck's name is a play on "007" (a.k.a. "James Bond") while Mata Harrier's one is an obvious play on "Mata Hari". They appeared for the first time in the story "The Case of the Purloined Pearls", [50] where they fought against agents of the evil organization "BLONK". Then the agents of this organization became the traditional rivals of 0.0.
The only ducks which are similar are the greater scaup and lesser scaup, but these species have no tuft and a different call. The tufted duck is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies. [11] Refer to the following table for measurements of the tufted duck: [12]
The ruddy duck is a small, compact duck with a stout, scoop-shaped bill, and a long, stiff tail which it holds cocked upward. It has a slightly peaked head and a fairly short, thick neck. The male ruddy duck has a blackish cap that contrasts with its bright white cheeks. In summer, it has a rich chestnut body with a bright blue bill.
Scrooge McDuck (voiced by Alan Young in the 1987 series, DuckTales the Movie, and DuckTales: Remastered; David Tennant in the 2017 series) is the richest duck in the world, a distinguished citizen of Duckburg, Calisota, the uncle of Donald Duck and Della Duck, the grand-uncle of Huey, Dewey, and Louie Duck, and the main protagonist of the original series and the 2017 reboot series, originally ...