What is Muscovy duck?
{{Taxobox | name = Muscovy duck | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | synonyms = ''Anas moschata'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small> | subdivision_ranks = Subspecies | subdivision = *''C. moschata sylvestris'' <small>(Stephens, 1824)</small><!--CHECK PARENTHESES--> *''C. moschata domestica'' <small>(Donkin, 1989)</small> | image = Duck_wings_outstretched.jpg | image_caption = A Muscovy duck stretching its wings in a [[Spring (hydrosphere)|freshwater spring]] | image_width = 250px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Anseriformes]] | familia = [[Anatidae]] | genus = ''[[Cairina]]'' | species = '''''C. moschata''''' | binomial = ''Cairina moschata'' | binomial_authority = ([[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) | range_map = Cairina moschata map.svg }} The '''Muscovy duck''' (''Cairina moschata'') is a [[duck]] from the [[Americas]], from [[Texas]] in the [[north]] to [[Uruguay]] in the [[south]]. Feral Muscovy ducks are found in [[New Zealand]], [[Australia]], and in [[Central Europe|Central]] and [[Eastern Europe]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Poultry Breeds - Muscovy Duck — Breeds of Livestock, Department of Animal Science|url=http://afs.okstate.edu/breeds/poultry/ducks/muscovy|access-date=2021-06-17|website=afs.okstate.edu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Muscovy - an overview {{!}} ScienceDirect Topics|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/muscovy|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Sciencedirect.com}}</ref> == Ecology == The Muscovy duck is [[Migration|non-migratory]] species which normally lives in [[Forest|forested]] [[Swamp|swamps]], [[Lake|lakes]], [[Stream|streams]], nearby [[grassland]], and farm [[Crop|crops]],<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Accordi|first=Iury Almeida|last2=Barcellos|first2=André|date=2006|title=Composição da avifauna em oito áreas úmidas da Bacia Hidrográfica do Lago Guaíba, Rio Grande do Sul|url=http://www4.museu-goeldi.br/revistabrornito/revista/index.php/BJO/article/view/2402|url-status=dead|journal=Revista B