Domestic ducks are ducks that have been domesticated and raised for meat and eggs. A few are kept for show, or for their ornamental value. Domesticated ducks are descended mainly from the mallard, whi
Taiwanese duck farm
White Pekins are raised for meat.
Muscovy ducks produce a richly-flavoured meat, and are kept as pets.
The Muscovy duck is a species of duck native to the Americas, from the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico south to Argentina and Uruguay. The species has been domesticated, and feral Muscovy
Domestic duck
…Domestic ducks (mainly mallards, Anas platyrhynchos domesticus, with some Muscovy ducks, Cairina moschata domestica) are ducks that have been domesticated and raised for meat and eggs. A few are kept for show, or for their ornamental value…
Male, showing underwing pattern; Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Male, showing upperwing pattern; Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
Male swimming, with the green iridescence of the plumage showing