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This is one of the largest living species of duck next only to the steamer ducks which are heavier. The Muscovy duck also attains sizes that nearly rival the white-winged duck, but may average a bit smaller in a wild state. Length is 66–81 cm (26–32 in) and wingspan is 116–153 cm (46–60 in). [5]
American Pekin flock. 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]
Fuegian steamer duck: Tachyeres pteneres (Forster, JR, 1844) 38 Falkland steamer duck: Tachyeres brachypterus (Latham, 1790) 39 Chubut steamer duck: Tachyeres leucocephalus Humphrey & Thompson, 1981: 40 Torrent duck: Merganetta armata Gould, 1842: 41 Spur-winged goose: Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) 42 Comb duck
Breeds such as White Pekin are raised for meat, while the prolific Indian Runner can produce over 300 eggs per year. In East and Southeast Asia, polycultures such as rice-duck farming are widely practised: the ducks assist the rice with manure and by eating small pest animals, so that the same land produces rice and ducks at once.
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
A Long Island farm will reportedly euthanize more than 100,000 ducks after a bird flu outbreak hit the eastern New York facility.. Staff at the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, New York, noticed ...
The Bristol Zoo Project has a mystery for you.. On Oct. 22, the wildlife conservation park in England posted on Facebook that it wanted help with an animal identification. According to the post ...
Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae 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, flattened bills, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.