Muscovy Duck (1 Viewer)

[Maroon Jay]

Is there such a thing as a wild Muscovy Duck or do they exist only as domestic birds?

 

[aeshna5]

There are wild Muscovy Ducks in parts of tropical south/Central America extending just into the southern US. The only wild birds I saw ( a pair) were along the Rio Grande in Texas. This photo shows more wild-type coloration than many domestic birds.

 

[Maroon Jay]

These were photographed in a park in Monterrey city Nuevo Leon, Mexico. There are many of them there with a huge colour variation from the original colour to almost white.

 

[aeshna5]

Certainly a domesticated version here.

 

[Jon Turner]

We saw quite a few in Costa Rica, way back when...

 

[KC Foggin]

Great shots of the Muscovy Ducks. Very different looking.