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White Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

Description:

All Muscovy Ducks have long claws on their feet and a wide flat tail. In the domestic drake (male), length is about 86 cm (34 in) and weight is 4.6–6.8 kg (10–15 lb), while the domestic hen (female) is much smaller

Habitat:

Found a group of these ducks in a local village In Sapa, North Vietnam Found next to a small pond

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5 Comments

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

Thanks guys :D

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 12 years ago

Beautiful !!!

Atul
Atul 12 years ago

nice one pal!!

SeanWeekly
SeanWeekly 12 years ago

Thanks for the comment and the help LauraMaria :)

LauraMaria
LauraMaria 12 years ago

It looks like a Muscovy duck, or at least the result of a cross-breed with a Muscovy duck! The wiki article doesn't have good photos, but if you search for it in Google Images you'll find some that look more like this duck :) Nice portrait http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscovy_Duc...

SeanWeekly
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SeanWeekly

Lào Cai, Viet Nam

Spotted on Nov 23, 2011
Submitted on Dec 14, 2011

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