Waterfowl
Muscovy duck
Cairina moschata
- Group
- Waterfowl
- Size class
- Small (under 10 kg)
- Family
- Anatidae
Range
- South America
Habitat
- Wetland
- Rainforest
Range
Countries it is found in
40 countries
- Albania
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- French Guiana
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Honduras
- Malta
- Martinique
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Montserrat
Range from:Wikipedia country bird lists, GBIF occurrence records — read 2026-08-05
Field data
Tracks
A photograph of real sign left by Muscovy duck. Prints vary with gait, ground and how long they have been there — treat this as one example, not a template.
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Cross-reference
Related species
Its closest relatives in the compendium, nearest kinship first.
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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Cinnamon teal
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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Common eider
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Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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King eider
Somateria spectabilis
Same subfamily (Anatinae)
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