Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (55)
- Monotypic
Jack C. Eitniear, R. Bribiesca-Formisano, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Marîa del Coro Arizmendi
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 20, 2015
Text last updated November 20, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Makou |
| Albanian | Rosa memece |
| Arabic | بطة موسكوفية |
| Asturian | Corñu mudu |
| Basque | Ahate musketaduna |
| Bulgarian | Мускусна патица |
| Catalan | ànec mut |
| Chinese | 疣鼻棲鴨(薑母鴨) |
| Chinese (SIM) | 疣鼻栖鸭 |
| Croatian | mošusna patka |
| Czech | pižmovka americká |
| Danish | Moskusand |
| Dutch | Muskuseend |
| English | Muscovy Duck |
| English (United States) | Muscovy Duck |
| Finnish | myskisorsa |
| French | Canard musqué |
| French (France) | Canard musqué |
| Galician | Pato do mato |
| German | Moschusente |
| Greek | Μοσχόπαπια |
| Hebrew | ברבר |
| Icelandic | Moskusönd |
| Indonesian | Mentok muscovy |
| Italian | Anatra muta |
| Japanese | ノバリケン |
| Norwegian | knoppand |
| Polish | piżmówka |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | pato-do-mato |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pato-do-mato |
| Romanian | Rață leșească |
| Russian | Мускусная утка |
| Serbian | Mošusna patka |
| Slovak | pižmovka lesklá |
| Slovenian | Moškatna bleščavka |
| Spanish | Pato Criollo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Pato Real |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pato criollo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Pato Real |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Pato doméstico |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Pato Real (Pato Machacón) |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Pato Real |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Pato Real |
| Spanish (Panama) | Pato Real |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Bragado |
| Spanish (Peru) | Pato Criollo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pato Criollo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Pato criollo |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Pato Criollo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Pato Real |
| Swedish | myskand |
| Thai | เป็ดเทศ |
| Turkish | Moskof Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Качка мускусна |
| Zulu | ikewu |
Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas moschata
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.124.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India; Brazil substituted by Berlepsch and Hartert, 1902, Novit. ZooL, 9, p. 131.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CAIRINA
- moschata
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Muscovy Duck
