Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) - HBW 1, p. 594
French: Canard musqué
German: Moschusente
Spanish: Pato Criollo
Other common names: Muscovy, Musky, Musk Duck(!)
Taxonomy: Anas moschata Linnaeus, 1758, India = Brazil.
Recently included in tribe Anatini by some authors. Monotypic.
Distribution: Tropical America from Mexico S to E Peru and N Uruguay.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A male foraging in a forested stream. Locality Carara National Park, Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica (Monotypic species)
Scott Olmstead 18 February 2010 3 years ago 18 sec 4.6 -
A male preening its wing Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2004 7 years ago 31 sec 4.4 -
A bird in the canopy from the tree. Locality Yurimaguas, Loreto Department, Peru
Yoel Jimenez 8 December 2012 20 weeks ago 1 min 30 sec 4.3 -
A male shaking its tail Locality Serra da Canastra, Minas Gerais State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 June 2004 7 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A group of chicks feeding on the edge of a pond, among several adults. Locality Parque Zoobotânico de Carajás, Parauapebas, Pará State, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2011 1 year ago 25 sec 4 -
two birds, alert on the water Locality Manu Wildlife Center, Manu Biosphere Reserve, Madre de Dios Department, Peru (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 10 September 2006 1 year ago 26 sec 4
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Pair wallowing in the lagoon iberá
Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Horacio Luna 8 June 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Close view of a bird
Locality Rogitama Reserve, Arcabuco, Boyacá Department, Colombia
mauricio rueda 3 December 2011 1 year ago 4.2 -
Male on the ground.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Santiago Meligeni Lozano 16 February 2010 3 years ago 4.2 -
Feather details.
Locality Rogitama Reserve, Arcabuco, Boyacá Department, Colombia
Miriam Bauman 14 November 2010 1 year ago 4.1 -
Adult male
Locality Esteros del Iberá, Corrientes Province, Argentina
Marco Valentini 15 August 2012 36 weeks ago 4 -
Muscovy Duck in a swimming pool
Locality Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais State, Brazil
Rob Belterman 10 March 2009 2 years ago 4
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