Muscovy duck, Latin scientific name Cairna moschata, also known as quail goose, musk duck and red-billed goose, belongs to different species from ordinary domestic ducks. Muscovy ducks are native to tropical areas of Central and South America.
Muscovy duck, a rare bird, is a kind of poultry that looks like a duck, looks like a goose rather than a goose, and looks like a duck rather than a duck. It is said that it has a breeding history of more than 300 years and is a rare and excellent product at home and abroad. There is absolutely no other place, but with the reform and opening up, it has been extended to the whole country, but farming is mainly concentrated in the south.
morphological character
Muscovy duck is different from domestic duck in appearance, with long oval shape, big head, short neck, short and narrow mouth nail and developed mouth claws. The chest is broad and plump, and the tail is slender, unlike the fat buttocks of domestic ducks.
There are red or black sarcomas at the floor of the mouth and around the eyes, which spread widely in men. The wings and feathers are vigorous, reaching the tail, and the tail feathers are long and slightly tilted upward. Muscovy duck feathers are white, black and black and white, and a few are silver gray. Due to the different colors of feathers, there are some differences in body shape and appearance.
The white muscovy duck has white feathers, pink snout and nose, and the head sarcoma is bright red and thick, arranged in a chain, with light gray iridescence and orange foot. If there is a black hair on the top of your head and black spots on your mouth and feet.
The plumage of black muscovy duck is black with dark green luster; Only in the main wing feathers or compound wing feathers, there are often a few white feathers; Sarcoma is dark red in color and thin; The mouth is red with black spots; The rainbow is light yellow and the feet are black.
The plumage of muscovy ducks varies from black to white. The common back feathers are black, and there are different numbers of white feathers under the neck, wing feathers and abdomen; The whole body is black and the middle is white. The carapace is mostly red with black spots and the foot is dark yellow.