Help with Duck ID please

Taryn · #1 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 09:09 AM

Can anybody help identify this bird?

lol geoff · #2 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 09:17 AM

Looks like a Muscovy Duck to me.

Hedge Witch · #3 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 09:37 AM

Hi, I think that's exactly what it is, we've had a few requests for IDs of these.

squishy · #4 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 11:05 AM

defo a muscy.

Taryn · #5 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 11:13 AM

Thank you :-)
I did try looking through my bird books and doing searches online but I couldn't find anything like it at all. I also did a search using the bird identifier on the RSPB site and got nothing there either.
I wish I could have got closer to get a better shot but it was quite a distance away on an island in the middle of a lake.

aeshna5 · #6 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 02:29 PM

Being basically a domestic bird, this species is rarely featured in bird ID books, but given the frequency it is found on park lakes, etc it would be useful to include it along with other species such as Chinese Goose.

lol geoff · #7 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 07:38 PM

All you need to know about Muscovy Ducks.

Pam_M · #8 (**permalink**) 15-02-2009, 09:57 PM

A super photo of the Muscovy,Taryn! I see several at my local park! I find them very endearing in a funny sort of way!

Taryn · #9 (**permalink**) 18-02-2009, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aeshna5

Being basically a domestic bird, this species is rarely featured in bird ID books, but given the frequency it is found on park lakes, etc it would be useful to include it along with other species such as Chinese Goose.

Yes, I agree, there have been a few "visitors" that I have found difficult to ID lately.