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	Muscovy Ducks
		The Muscovy Duck, Cairina moschata, is a large perching duck which is native to Mexico, Central and South America.
		The Domestic Muscovy duck is matrilineally descended from the wild Muscovy Duck.
		The duck must be allowed to incubate and hatch at least 2 ducklings, otherwise she will abandon the nest and immediately start a new nest elsewhere.
	www.avianweb.com /muscovyduck.html (1263 words)

	Perching duck - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Hartlaub's Duck Pteronetta hartlaubi: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
		Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
		Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata: Anatinae, dabbling duck subgroup
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Perching_duck (213 words)

	Knowledge King - Duck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Duck is the common name for a number of types of bird in the family Anatidae.
		Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, smaller than their relatives the swans or geese, found in both fresh and salt water.
		There are 19 species of perching duck in 15 genera (though the similarities in some are now regarded as convergent, which suggests that a reassignment may be appropriate).
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/d/du/duck.html (523 words)

	Mandarin Duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata), or just Mandarin, is a medium-sized perching duck, closely related to the North American Wood Duck.
		Mandarin Ducks are frequently featured in Oriental art and are regarded as a symbol of conjugal affection and fidelity.
		In the wild, Mandarin Ducks breed in densely wooded areas near shallow lakes, marshes or ponds.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mandarin_Duck (333 words)

	Focus on Wildlife
		This description specifically refers to the male of the species because wood ducks have what is termed "marked sexual dimorphism." This phrase essentially means that the plumage markings and colors, on the different sexes, are very different; and in the case of the wood duck, the male is much more brightly colored than the female.
		Considered "perching ducks" wood ducks are part of the large Anatidae Family, which includes a diverse group of swans, geese, and ducks.
		The wood duck is in the group of "perching ducks" due to its sharp claws.
	boothbayregister.maine.com /2004-07-15/focus_on_wildlife.html (1051 words)

	birds template (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ducks spend a lot of time in water, where their webbed feet serve as paddles for swimming and diving.
		Ducks live throughout the world in wetlands, including marshes and areas near rivers, ponds, lakes, and oceans.
		Ducks that sift food have wide bills with edges that strain seeds, insects, and snails from the water.
	www.worldbook.com /wc/features/birds/html/types_fowl_duck.html (1522 words)

	Wood Duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) is a medium-sized perching duck.
		Their breeding habitat is wooded swamps, shallow lakes, marshes or ponds in eastern North America and the west coast of the United States.
		The population of the Wood Duck was in serious decline at the beginning of the 20th century as a result of over-hunting and loss of suitable nesting sites.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wood_Duck (301 words)

	Diving duck: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Diving duck
		The diving ducks or pochards are a group of 16 species of ducks including some of the most familiar Northern Hemisphere species.
		This group of ducks is so named because its members feed mainly by diving, although in fact the Netta species are reluctant to dive, and feed more like dabbling ducks.
		The Marbled Duck[?] (Marmaronetta angustirostris) is difficult to classify, but is often also placed in the diving duck group.
	www.encyclopedian.com /di/Diving-duck.html (176 words)

	Fulvous whistling ducks
		Male and female fulvous whistling ducks look alike, the head, chest and belly are tawny-brown and the wings and back are darker brown.
		Separate populations of fulvous whistling ducks occur in Asia, Africa, Madagascar, South America, and North America.
		Below are some pictures of fulvous whistling duck nests in flooded rice fields in the Everglades Agricultural Area of Florida.
	myfwc.com /duck/Fulvous_whistling_ducks/fulvous_whistling_ducks.htm (600 words)

	Wood Duck
		Wood Ducks are intermediate in size between the Mallard and Blue-winged Teal; males weigh on the average 680 g and females weigh about 460 g.
		From a distance, the male Wood Duck on the water appears as a dark-bodied, dark-breasted, light-flanked duck with a striped crested head and a light-colored throat.
		Wood Duck nests located in natural cavities or in well-protected artificial nest boxes have a higher hatching success than most duck nests; disease and parasitism are not usually important mortality agents, although diseases such as duck malaria (caused by the protozoon Leucocytozoon) and duck viral enteritus are known to affect Wood Ducks.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /woodduck_info2.htm (1926 words)

	Ducks for kids and teachers - kiddyhouse.com
		Examples of dabbling ducks are the mallards, cinnamon teals, shovellers, green and blue-winged teals, pintails, fl ducks, baldpates and gadwalls.
		Perching ducks are found in North America, tropical regions of Asia, Africa, Central and South America.
		Examples of perching ducks are the Wood Ducks, Muscovy Ducks and Mandarin Ducks.
	www.kiddyhouse.com /Farm/ducks1.html (1553 words)

	Perching duck: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about Perching duck
		The perching ducks are a small group of ducks in the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae.
		The perching ducks, together with the diving ducks and dabbling ducks make up the sub-family Anatinae.
		As the name indicates, most of this group walk well and perch readily on branches and the like.
	www.encyclopedian.com /pe/Perching-duck.html (130 words)

	No Escape from Harsh Reality - the plight of domestic ducks and geese
		Domestic ducks and geese fall into a gray area, not classified as companion animals by the shelters, and not considered wild by wildlife rescue organizations.
		Ducks and geese on the canals began to have violent seizures and then died.
		All the ducks and geese in the canals were rounded up by the California Department of Fish and Game and killed out of fear that some birds might fly to other areas and infect entire wild flocks.
	www.upc-online.org /ducks/52004plight.htm (1716 words)

	Art of the day!: Box of Ducks : Art of the day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They are generally divided into three major groups, dabbling, diving, and perching ducks, based on their characteristic behaviors.
		Perching ducks such as the muscovies have long claws and are the most arboreal of ducks, often roosting in trees.
		Members of the stifftail (q.v.) group, typified by the ruddy duck, are highly aquatic ducks, characterized by legs set far toward the rear of the body.
	angelaraven.blogspot.com /2005/09/box-of-ducks-art-of-day.html (424 words)

	Muscovy Duck - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata is a large perching duck that breeds inland in central and tropical South America.
		This species is widely domesticated and then known as Barbary Duck.
		It can be crossed with the domestic duck in captivity to produce hybrids which are known as Mulard Duck ("mule duck" because they are sterile) and are often used in the production of foie gras.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Muscovy_Duck (314 words)

	Marvelous Muscovies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Duck eggs can be used in cooking just like chicken eggs; they have a somewhat firmer texture when cooked (making them ideal for angel food cakes) and a slightly higher cholesterol content.
		Ducks also need access to grit or coarse sand to help them digest their food, and they must have fresh, clean drinking water each day, in containers deep enough to allow them to submerge and clean their nostrils, but not so deep that they can swim in the container.
		She is desperate to join the other ducks but they will not let her near.Our 2 silver appleyards and a Pekin wander around as a trio and peck Waddle if she comes near but still she follows them...it is so sad to see her rejected.
	www.motherearthnews.com /rec/hs/2144 (3805 words)

	Wood Duck species account
		No duck is so expert as the wood duck in threading its way through the interlacing branches of the forest, at which its skill has been compared with that of the passenger pigeon.
		That is, a female may lay some or all of her eggs in the nest of another Wood Duck, to be incubated by the other duck.
		Due to over-hunting, the draining of wetlands, and forest fragmentation, the "bridal duck" was threatened with extinction at the start of the 20th century.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /nouveau/woodDuck/account.html (1235 words)

	Oregon's Waterfowl
		Perching ducks have sharp claws that enable them to sit comfortably in the branches of trees.
		Scaup are well-known for their tendency to form rafts or large groups with hundreds or even thousands of ducks floating together on a lake, river or bay.
		The destiny of wood ducks is directly related to the numbers of nesting cavities in the area.
	www.dfw.state.or.us /springfield/WATERFL.html (2596 words)

	Duck - FreeEncyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Ducks exploit a variety of food sources such as grasses, grains and water plants, fish, insects, and the like.
		The remaining 40-odd species are all part of the genus Anas, which includes wigeons, gadwalls, the true teals, pintails, mallards, and blue-winged ducks[?].
		Fictional, anthropomorphized ducks: The Ugly Duckling[?] by Hans Christian Andersen, and Walt Disney's Donald Duck, Huey, Dewey and Louie Duck, Daisy Duck, Scrooge McDuck.
	openproxy.ath.cx /du/Duck.html (489 words)

	Dabbling duck (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The dabbling ducks are a group of more than 40 species of ducks including some of the most familiar Northern Hemisphere species.
		This group of ducks is so named because its members feed mainly on vegetable matter by upending on the water surface, or grazing, and do not dive.
		The exception is the Marbled duck[?] Marmaronetta angustirostris, which is often alternatively classed as a pochard.
	www.explainthis.info /da/dabbling-duck.html (336 words)

	Hinterland Who's Who - Wood Duck
		Wood Ducks are intermediate in size, between the Mallard and Blue-winged Teal; on average, males weigh 680 g and females weigh 460 g.
		From a distance, the male Wood Duck on the water appears as a dark-bodied, dark-breasted, light-flanked duck with a striped crested head and a light-coloured throat.
		The Wood Duck is much more widely distributed in the United States, where it nests in areas east of the Mississippi River, along the lower Missouri River into South Dakota, in eastern Texas, along the Pacific coast, and in a few other places.
	www.hww.ca /hww2.asp?pid=1&id=80&cid=7 (2210 words)

	Geese and Ducks of Dillon Ripley's Wildlife Sanctuary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Geese and Ducks of Dillon Ripley's Wildlife Sanctuary
		The Wood Duck was thought to be extinct by 1918 due to hunting practices and deforestation of their habitat.
		Expansion of the suburbs has limited the duck's habitat once again, but there were no less than 1.4 million pairs in the mid 1990s.
	www.geocities.com /lrws_org/geese.html (872 words)

	Birds » Wild Birds » Duck - Mandarin Main Page
		It is known as a perching duck and prefers more of a wooded atmosphere, but it also must have a pond along with that.
		Because this duck is known for being hardy and easy to care for, it is a perfect choice for people who are just beginning to own or breed ducks.
		The Mandarin Ducks do well in almost any atmosphere with other birds, as long as each has enough space so that their breeding can be separate from the other animals.
	www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/wild_birds/wbd4794.html (726 words)

	Wood Duck: Nature Snapshots from Minnesota DNR: Minnesota DNR
		General description: A small perching duck, the male has blue-green crested head with white stripes, a reddish brown breast, broad wings and a long square tail.
		Female wood ducks pluck down from their breasts to line the nest, where they lay 10 to 15 eggs during the spring; hatching takes place 28 to 31 days later.
		The wood duck was once almost extinct because of habitat loss due to the lack of old, dead trees where these ducks nest.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /snapshots/birds/woodduck.html (309 words)

	Anseriformes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Duck, eider and goose feathers and down have long been popular for bedspreads, pillows, sleeping bags and coats.
		The dabbling duck group, of worldwide distribution, were previously restricted to just one or two genera, but has now been extended to include 10 genera and about 55 species, including several genera formerly known as the perching ducks
		The 16 species of diving ducks, of worldwide distribution, in 3 genera, Marmaronetta was formerly included with the dabbling ducks but is now treated here, and genetic analysis of the extinct Pink-headed Duck of India, previously treated separately in Rhodonessa, has shown that it is better placed in Netta:
	read-and-go.hopto.org /Anseriformes (550 words)

	The Romney Range of Poultry Arks
		The removable perching has been arranged in two banks either side of the central pop hole door and are angled to rise away from the door.
		The walled corridor between the perch banks may be drawn out through the pop hole door.
		With the perches and corridor fitted the hens cannot get under the perching, so are barred access to accumulated night droppings.
	www.robharvey.com /domestic/lenham-poultry.htm (380 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Perching duck
		A duck of the tribe Cairinini (8 species), including the genera Aix, Nettapus, Callonetta, Cairina, Chenonetta, and Sarkidiornis.
		They nest in holes or (muscovy duck) in hollows.
		The tribe also includes four species of geese, called perching geese.
	www.reference.com /browse/crystal/24633 (47 words)

	perching duck -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		The torrent duck clings to slippery stones with its stiff tail or dives to probe beneath rocks with its narrow soft...
		These ducks winter from Nebraska to Texas and along the Atlantic coast from Nova Scotia to Florida; their preference for seafoods such as periwinkles and mussels enables them to winter so far...
		Of the nearly 150 species of waterfowl known as ducks, geese, and swans, most are strong swimmers with powerful wings for long-distance migrations.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9059195?tocId=9059195 (769 words)

	PERCHING (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Inspection of cloth in a vertical(hanging)position or at an angle inclined upwards away from the source of the light.
		It may currently be split into too many genera, and there are questions as to the coherence of the group as a whole.
		A redwing flbird perching atop reeds in a Patuxent river marsh.
	www.websters-online-dictionary.org /Pe/Perching.html (768 words)

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		Ducks are a very popular and by far the most numerous residents at the zoo.
		It is unusual because it is a perching duck.
		Wood Duck The colors on the wood duck are so beautiful, that if you didn't know it was real, you would think someone had painted it.
	www.uen.org /utahlink/tours/tourViewCategory.cgi?category_id=4050&tour_id=3007 (174 words)

	wood duck -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Perching ducks are closely akin to dabbling ducks, which they resemble in feeding habits and, in some...
		Ducks are found throughout the world from the Arctic regions to South America, Africa, and Australia.
		Some species of ducks occur in large numbers, while others are very rare.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9077391 (867 words)

	Wood Duck And Mandarin Duck
		wood Duck and mandarins are true "gems" of the avian world that have held man's fascination throughout time, each ensconced in the cultures sharing their habitats and portrayed in countless art forms and literary works.
		By contrast, female wood duck and mandarins are rather similarly marked and of a duller, mostly brownish plumage and some beginners find them hard to tell apart until they become familiar with the subtle differences.
		Interestingly, despite the fact wood duck and mandarin duck are close relatives with rather similar behavior, they are not generally known to interbreed with each other, even in captivity where the two are sometimes maintained together.
	www.gamebird.com /refs.html (952 words)

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