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Photographs on this web-site were taken by Paul Smith, Hemme Batjes, Regis Nossent,
Alberto Esquivel, Arne Lesterhuis, José Luis Cartes, Rebecca Zarza and Hugo del Castillo and are used with their permission.
MUSCOVY DUCK Cairina moschata
You may recognise this warty-faced duck from the local farmyard! The wild form however is black, never white, and is a shy bird, usually found along forested waterways where it freely perches in trees. In flight they show dramatic white flashes along the wings which help to identify them.
FIGURE 1 - Adult in flight (middle) with two White-faced Whistling-Ducks, location unknown (Arne Lesterhuis undated).
FIGURE 2 - Pair male left and female right, Itaipú Zoo, Hernandarias, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith March 2008).
FIGURE 3 - Juvenile (foreground), Itaipú Zoo, Hernandarias, Departamento Alto Paraná (Paul Smith March 2008).
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