Muscovy duck

Cairina moschata
Ducks and geese (Anatidae)

♀

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Large black and white duck with red wattles around the beak. Colouration varies, the black can appear more green than black.

♀ has one egg every day and incubates when she feels the nest is full. After 35 days all eggs hatch simultaneously. ♂ is twice the weight of ♀.

⇔ l. ♂ 76 cm, ♀ 55 cm

Originally from America, now bred in Europe for eggs and meat. The wild variety is darker in colour and has fewer wattles.

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