Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Muscovy Duck
The Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: lowland wetlands from northern Mexico southward, west of the Andes, to southwestern Ecuador and, east of the Andes, to northeastern Argentina and Brazil; domestic varieties introduced almost worldwideRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cairina moschata
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Muscovy Duck
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas moschata
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- India; Brazil substituted by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. ZooL, 9, p. 131.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.124
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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