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'{{short description|Subspecies of bird}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2016}} {{infobox poultry breed | name = Muscovy | image = MuscovyDuck.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | image_caption = A white-headed black magpie drake | status = [[Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen|GEH]] (2023): Cat. IV: watch{{r|geh2}} | altname = Barbary | country = | distribution = | standard = | use = meat, [[cross-breeding]] | weight = | maleweight = {{convert|4.5|-|6.3|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}} | femaleweight = {{convert|2.3|-|3.2|kg|lb|abbr=on|0}}. | colour = | skincolour = | eggcolour = | comb = | apa = | aba = | ee = yes{{r|ee}} | pcgb = | aps = | note = | type = Muscovy duck | latin = Cairina moschata domestica }} The '''Muscovy''' or '''Barbary''' is the [[domestic duck|domesticated]] form of the wild [[Muscovy duck]], ''Cairina moschata''. There are a number of local or regional [[list of duck breeds|breeds]], and drakes of these are commonly [[cross-bred]] with [[domestic duck]]s to produce the [[hybrid (biology)|hybrids]] called [[mulard]]s. == History == The Muscovy had been domesticated by various [[indigenous peoples of the Americas]] well before the arrival of [[Christopher Columbus]] in 1492.{{r|allonby|p=463}} == Characteristics == [[File:Cairina moschata -Graniteville SC USA=Cinderfella.jpg|thumb|Lavender drake]] [[File:Female Muscovy Duck wen.jpg|Lavender duck|thumb]] Domestic Muscovy drakes weigh some {{val|4.5|-|6.3|u=kg}}. The duck is much smaller, typically about half the size of the drake, with a weight of {{val|2.3|-|3.2|u=kg}}.{{r|allonby|p=466}} Recognised colour varieties include five solid colours – black, blue, chocolate, lavender and white{{r|allonby|p=465}} – and eight 'magpie' colours, in which the whole back from the tail to the shoulders and the underside from below the tail to the breast is coloured black, blue, chocolate or lavender, the remainder being white. In the standard magpie colourings the crown of the head is also coloured; in the white-headed magpie colours the head is white.:){{r|allonby|p=466}} == Use == The Muscovy is commonly reared for meat.{{r|dave|p=78}} [[File:Mulards.png|Mulards from the crossing of a Muscovy duck (''Cairina moschata'') and a wild-type mallard (''Anas platyrhynchos'')|thumb]] In commercial production, it is often crossed with a mallard-derived domestic duck such as the [[Rouen (duck)|Rouen]] or [[American Pekin|Pekin]] to produce the [[Hybrid (biology)|hybrid]] known as a [[mulard]].{{r|dave|p=97}} These hatch in about four weeks and grow rapidly like a mallard-type duck, but to about the size and weight of the Muscovy.{{r|dave|p=97}} The inverse cross – domestic drake with Muscovy duck – is also possible, but infrequent.{{r|dave|page=97|ziv}} The mulard is reared both for its meat and for its liver, much of it as [[foie gras]].{{r|ziv}} The mulard is considered [[kosher]] in Jewish dietary law.{{r|ziv}} ==References== {{reflist|refs= <ref name=allonby>J. Ian H. Allonby, Philippe B. Wilson (editors) (2018). [https://books.google.it/books?id=A6BtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA489&hl=en ''British Poultry Standards: complete specifications and judging points of all standardized breeds and varieties of poultry as compiled by the specialist breed clubs and recognised by the Poultry Club of Great Britain''], seventh edition. Chichester; Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell. {{isbn|9781119509141}}.</ref> <ref name=dave>Dave Holderread (2001). [https://archive.org/details/storeysguidetora00dave/page/63/mode/1up ''Storey's Guide to Raising Ducks'']. Pownal, Vermont: Storey Books. {{isbn|9781580172585}}.</ref> <ref name=ee>[https://web.archive.org/web/20130616062803/http://www.entente-ee.com/deutsch/sparten/gefluegel/dateien/2013/Verzeichnis%20R%20F%2028042013.xls Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013)]. Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.</ref> <ref name=geh2>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231031014700/https://www.g-e-h.de/rote-liste-menu/rote-liste2 Rote Liste Geflügelrassen] (in German). Gesellschaft zur Erhaltung alter und gefährdeter Haustierrassen. Archived 31 October 2023.</ref> <ref name=ziv>{{cite journal |last1=Zivotofsky |first1=Rabbi Ari Z. |last2=Amar |first2=Zohar |year=2003 |title=The Halachic Tale of Three American Birds: Turkey, Prairie Chicken, and Muscovy Duck |journal=Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society |volume=6 |pages=81–104 |url=http://www.kashrut.com/articles/ThreeBirds/}}</ref> }} {{Authority control}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q8254915}} [[Category:Cairina]] [[Category:Duck breeds]] [[Category:Ducks]] [[Category:Domesticated birds]] [[Category:Animal breeds on the GEH Red List]] {{bots|deny=Citation bot}}'