Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
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El pato real o pato mudo es un gran pato arbóreo de México, América Central y del Sur que es el ancestro del pato de Berbería, ampliamente domesticado en todo el mundo. El macho salvaje es de color negro iridiscente con blanco en las alas y tiene la cara con carúnculas de color rojo y negro. Habita en bosques tropicales húmedos cerca de ríos, lagunas y pantanos.
Physical Description
| Measurement | Value | Imperial |
|---|---|---|
| Envergadura | 69,0 cm | 27.2 in |
| Peso | 2140,0 g | 75.49 oz |
Identificación
Plumaje
Glossy black plumage with large white wing patches. Bare red facial skin with warty caruncles, more extensive in males. Males larger; females less knobby-faced. Dark bill. Domestic forms vary widely in color.
Habitat & Range
Tropical and subtropical lowland forest near rivers, lakes, mangroves, and wetlands from Mexico through Central America to Peru, Bolivia, and Uruguay. Common near forest-edge water. Feral populations worldwide.
Distribución geográfica
Breeds across northern Eurasia from Scandinavia east to the Russian Far East; winters in the tropical Old World.
Diet & Feeding
Eats seeds, aquatic plants, and invertebrates; dabbles in wetlands; omnivorous diet shifts with season and water conditions.
Estado de conservación
Comportamiento y reproducción
Nidificación
Nest type: CV. Incubation: 35 days. Fledging: 105 days.
Tamaño de la puesta
8-15
Sonido
Canto
Males are nearly silent; females give a raspy, low 'grrrr' hiss when threatened. Domesticated birds familiar worldwide but wild birds are surprisingly quiet and secretive.
Taxonomía
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Orden | Anseriformes (Waterfowl) |
| Familia | Anatidae (Ducks, Geese & Swans) |
| Genus | Cairina |
| Especies | Cairina moschata |
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Other species in the Anatidae family