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The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a duck native to the Americas, ... the current scientific name of the Muscovy duck means "the musky one from Cairo". ...
The Muscovy is commonly reared for meat. [4]: 78 Mulards from the crossing of a Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) and a wild-type mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)In commercial production, it is often crossed with a mallard-derived domestic duck such as the Rouen or Pekin to produce the hybrid known as a mulard.
The White Muscovy and the Pekin are the two most common purebred, commercially farmed ducks. Hybrids of the two are hardier and calmer, in addition to exhibiting natural hybrid vigor. [2] The incubation period of the hybrid eggs is between the mallard and Muscovy, with an average of 32 days. About half of the eggs hatch into mulard ducks.
Domestic Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata domestica) Wild Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata sylvestris) 700–600 BCE [44] South America: meat, eggs, feathers, manure, guarding, pest control, show, pets Tame, some physical changes Common in captivity, feral populations rare 2a Anseriformes: Barbary dove or ringed turtle dove (Streptopelia risoria)
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. Duck breeds are normally officially recognized and described by a national body ...
Muscovy duck: Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758) 64 White-winged duck: Asarcornis scutulata (Müller, S, 1842) 65 Hartlaub's duck: Pteronetta hartlaubii (Cassin, 1860) 66 Wood duck: Aix sponsa (Linnaeus, 1758) 67 Mandarin duck: Aix galericulata (Linnaeus, 1758) 68 Maned duck: Chenonetta jubata (Latham, 1801) 69 African pygmy goose: Nettapus ...
Almost all domestic duck breeds derive from the mallard, with the exception of a few Muscovy breeds, [146] and are listed under the trinomial name A. p. domesticus. Mallards are generally monogamous while domestic ducks are mostly polygamous. Domestic ducks have no territorial behaviour and are less aggressive than mallards. [147]
Pteronetta, Hartlaub's duck – traditionally dabbling ducks, but may be closer to Cyanochen; Cairina and Asarcornis, Muscovy duck and white-winged duck, respectively (2 species) – traditionally dabbling ducks, but may be paraphyletic, with one species in Tadorninae and the other closer to diving ducks