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Okay…
Nice little trip to beautiful Spain, to party hard at the Funtastic Dracula Carnival 21!
But before that a 3 day road trip with my girl, to check out the area around Alicante and Murcia.
We made a stop at a beautiful palm tree park in Orihuela First.
And surprise surprise, Muscovy Ducks (Cairina moschata domesticus) all over the place!
What a nice little bonus.
So a bit of a messy video (it didn’t turned out as good, as I expected), but all and all a super nice day!
Palmeral de Orihuela, Orihuela, Alicante, Spain 07-10-2026
Muscovy are the only domestic ducks that are not derived from Mallard stock. Originating from the Caribbean Mosquito Coast of Nicaragua and Honduras where the native culture values them for their meat, Muscovy aren't really ducks, but rather large perching waterfowl (Cairina moschata).
Muscovy ducks are great on the farm to control insects the natural way. They are particularly helpful controlling flies, grasshoppers, ticks and mosquitos. If you put them in a pen with cows or calves they will eat most of the flies. In one experiment where two year old Muscovy ducks were put in cow pens, the fly population was reduced by 80 to 90 percent.
The males are large, weighing up to fifteen pounds, with the smaller females reaching about nine. The Muscovy Duck can be crossed with mallards to create a hybrid known as Mulard, but to be honest, the Muscovy aren't very keen on breeding with Mallard-types. Additionally, the offspring is a mule duck because Muscovy are a different species of waterfowl. This outcross, Mulard, are mostly raised for their meat and they grow fast like mallard-type ducks but much larger like the Muscovy. Interestingly, Muscovy are cross-bred in Israel with Mallards to produce kosher ducks. The kashrut status of the Muscovy Duck has been a matter of rabbinic discussion for over 150 years.
Muscovy females are excellent flyers. As a matter of fact, given their preference, they like to roost in trees; their feet have strong sharp claws and are built to grasp, so that they can perch on branches. They do best in a chicken house as opposed to a ground nesting duck house. They like to nest high, like chickens and enjoy "perches" or "roosts," they will get on these at night. Some people consider them ugly because of the large red warty caruncles above the beak and around the eyes. However, they are very personable and interesting birds, and quite intelligent.
Since Muscovy are genetically dissimilar to other domestic waterfowl, many folks believe that they're more of a goose than a duck. For instance, they eat grass, as do geese, have a similarly long egg incubation period of 35 days (compared with 28 days for ducks), and they don't quack. This is a good trait since they are "quiet" ducks. The male has a low breathy (huffy) greeting, and the female a quiet trilling coo as well as a few other quiet vocalizations. They are neither truly duck or goose, in fact, they belong to a group of waterfowl that like to perch high in trees (Cairininae) similar to the knob-billed duck and the African Pygmy Goose. (source; www.moosemanorfarms.com)
also known as;
Muskuseend
بطة موسكوفية
Coríu mudu
müşk ördəyi
Мускусная качка
Мускусна патица
কািআচযচনয়া , কািআচযনা , ভমকাচব াুঁ
kā'irinā, kā'iriniẏā, maskōbhi hām̐sa
Houad mut
Ànec mesquer, Ànec mut
Itutano-opono, Kutuwa
američka mošusna patka, америчка мошусна патка
pižmovka americká, Pižmovka velká
мускус кăвакалĕ
Hwyaden fwsg
Moskusand
Moschusente
Dokidoki
Μoσχόπαπια, Μοσχόπαπια
Olopono
Muscovy, Muscovy Duck, Musk duck, Musky Duck
Moska anaso, Moska kairino, Moskanaso
Bragado, Pato criollo, Pato negro, Pato Real, Pato real o negro
muskuspart
Myskisorsa
Canard de Barbarie, Canard musqué
Kanna-gran-bwa, Kanna-sovaj
rasse mute
Muskesein
Lacha mhascóch, Musclacha
Pato do mato
Ype guasu, Ype-guasu
Laagh vuskagh
ברבר
Mošusna patka
pézsmaréce
Moskusönd
Anatra muschiata, Anatra muta
nobariken
ノバリケン
бабыщбзагуэ
мускус үйрегі, мускусты үйрек, мускустық үйрек
Kana
жыпарөрдөк
Anas moschata, Cairina moschata
Moschusint
Muskusinė antis, Paprastoji muskusinė antis
Muskusa pīle, Muskuspīle
papra Muscovy, papra Muskovita
Busi-dokisi
Muskus eend, Muskuseend
Knoppand
Alapono
Upayáne
piżmówka, pizmówka amerykanska, piżmówka amerykańska
asa-branca, cairina, gamaleão, pato, pato-bravo, pato-bravo-verdadeiro, pato-crioulo, Pato-do-mato, pato-picaço, pato-selvagem
asa-branca, cairina, gamaleão, pato, Pato de Mato, pato-bravo, pato-bravo-verdadeiro, pato-crioulo, Pato-do-mato, pato-picaço, pato-selvagem
Mokorā Kainga
Anda muscata
Rață leșească, Raţă leşească
Мускусная утка
Kačica pižmová, Pižmová lesklá, pižmovka lesklá
moškatna bleščavka, Moškatna raca
Rosa memece
Mošusna patka
Kalala
Busdoksi
Myskand
Amerikan Ördeği, Misk ördeği, Moskof Ördeği
мускус үрдәге
Качка мускусна
ѐввойи мускус ўрдак, мускус ўрдак
Uluma, Ulumaimë
疣鼻栖鸭
疣鼻棲鴨, 疣鼻棲鴨(薑母鴨)