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The little auk (Europe) or dovekie (North America) Alle alle is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. Alle is the Sami name of the long-tailed duck ; it is onomatopoeic and imitates the call of the drake duck.
Robert Ward Allen (August 8, 1856 – August 23, 1931) was an American naturalist, duck hunter and merchant. He became the central character in John Eugene Cay Jr. 's 1958 non-fiction book Ward Allen: Savannah River Market Hunter .
A duckling is a young duck in downy plumage [1] or baby duck, [2] but in the food trade a young domestic duck which has just reached adult size and bulk and its meat is still fully tender, is sometimes labelled as a duckling. A male is called a drake and the female is called a duck, or in ornithology a hen. [3] [4] Male mallard. Wood ducks.
In "Go West, Young Duck" by Dick Kinney and Tony Strobl, [55] Belle tells the story of a European ancestor of her called Christina Duck who tried to find America in 1492. After many years without a comic appearance, the last one had been in a Brazilian story from 1982, [ 56 ] Belle appeared again in "Riverboat Rovers" by Lars Jensen and José ...
In 1863, Fred Allen had created external duck calls, but did not have a patent. [2] Allen's calls were barrel calls with straight tone boards and curved reeds. His most unusual call was the “Allen Nickel-Plated Duck Caller” which was made of metal but froze to the hunters' lips and had to be re-made using wood.
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
العربية; অসমীয়া; বাংলা; भोजपुरी; Brezhoneg; Cymraeg; Dansk; Español; فارسی; Français; Frysk; Gaeilge ...
Della Duck (sometimes named Dumbella Duck) is a cartoon character created in 1937 by Al Taliaferro and Ted Osborne. She is a core member of the Disney Duck family , as the niece of Scrooge McDuck , the younger twin sister of Donald Duck and the mother of his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie .