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 |
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
Legend Overview
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)
Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Scientific name definitions
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
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated November 20, 2015
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Vocalizations
Muscovy Duck usually is silent. Female give a quack or croak when frightened and produce soft but shrill calls to ducklings. Males hiss and give "puffs" when courting (Baldassarre 2014).
Audio recordings of Muscovy Duck can be heard at Macaulay Library and at xeno-canto.
Nonvocal Sounds
The wings produce a low "swishing" sound in flight (Leopold 1959).
