Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) Science Article 1 abstract Presented here are the feeding habits, attack behavior, daily and annual activity of adult of Phorcotabanuscinereus (Wiedeman, 1821), Chrysops laetus (Fabricius, 1805) and Phaeotabanus cajennensis (Fabricius, 1787), whilebiting a domestic duck, Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758). The last two species were recorded for the first timeattacking birds. This […]
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Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)
[order] ANSERIFORMES | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Cairina moschata | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Muscovy Duck | [FR] Canard musque | [DE] Moschusente | [ES] Pato Criollo | [NL] Muskuseend Subspecies Monotypic species Genus It has two species, which are similar anatomically but quite distinct in external morphology. These were initially placed as type […]