TROPIC and NEAR-TROPIC BIRD COLLECTION

Domestic Muscovy Domestic Muscovy-Cairina moschata Domestic Muscovy-Cairina moschata. This interesting duck flew in for a landing on Acton Lake in Heuston Woods State Park as if it owned the place! The only domestic duck not derived from mallards. The largest of all domestic ducks. (Photo: Feb 28, 2004)

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Photos Copyright R. Hays Cummins. Authorization required. For permission, contact hays@environment-education-press.org

Sources of species identification and other amazing info include (1) Cornell Lab of Ornithology--a fantastic site; (2)Birds of Eastern and Central North America, Peterson Field Guide Series, Fifth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company; (3) The National Audubon Society's Sibley Guide to Birds and (4) Field Guide to the Birds of North America, Third Edition, National Geographic, Washington, D.C.