Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
Family: Ducks, geese, and waterfowl
Muscovy Duck is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
Did you know
Their mother shows them at an early age how to feed.
For the first few weeks of their lives, Muscovy chicks feed on grain, corn, grass, insects, and almost anything that moves.
It is monotypic, the only species in its genus; one other species formerly included, the white-winged duck, has been transferred to its own genus, as Asarcornis scutulata.