Coscoroba Swan
Coscoroba Swan family – BWA Breeding Coscorobas can be pugnaceous. Occasionally a territorial dispute can end in a death of one party. For this reason it is best not to keep them with other large species. They will tolerate smaller ducks though as they tend to be ignored. Adults are slow feeders, so if kept […]
Cape Barren Goose
Cape Barren Goose — Mo Warren Cereopsis novaehollandiae There are two subspecies recognised: C. n. grisea – from the islands off south-west Australia, including Recherche Archipelago, and adjacent mainland of Western Australia. C. n. novaehollandiae – from south-east Australia, islands in the Bass Strait (Furneaux Group) and Tasmania. Cape Barren Geese are particularly aggressive during […]
Freckled Duck
Freckled Duck washing — BWA In aviculture, Freckled Ducks are best kept in their own enclosure. They are a species that hates change, and you have to be so sensitive with their welfare. They are flighty and easily put off breeding by other species, but will cope with those they have known since their juvenile […]
Black East Indian Duck
Black East Indian — James Eggins First standardised in Britain in 1865, the Black East Indian Duck shares its epistatic colour genes with the North American Cayuga. Black is one of several genetic traits that has been studied in domestic ducks derived from the Mallard, there is a simple guide here. This breed is currently […]
Aylesbury
Aylesbury Ducks — Simon James Aylesbury portrait — Simon James Heavy duck breed Domesticated Mallard Anas platyrhynchos The market town of Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire became synonymous with chunky white ducks in the 18th century. Huge numbers of them were supplied to the London market. Their plumage was prized for quilt filling and pale skin made the […]
Plumed Whistling Duck
Plumed or Eyton’s Whistling Ducks — Morag Jones Plumed Whistling ducklings — Morag Jones Dendrocygna eytoni Plumed Whistling Ducks are an Australian species known in their homeland as ‘Grass Whistlers’. They do indeed love to graze and do not look out of place on a fine lawn. The other names they go by are Eyton’s Whistling […]
Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Northern Black-bellied Whistling Ducks – Ian Gereg Southern Black-bellied Whistling Duck – Ian Gereg There are two races: The nominate, Northern Black-bellied Whistling Duck D.a. fulgens, has a cinnamon-red neck, breast and upperparts. South of the Panama Canal, the Southern, D.a. autumnalis, has a grey breast similar to the head colour in both subspecies. Both […]
Fulvous Whistling Duck
Fulvous Whistling Duck – Joe Street Fulvous Whistling Duck – Morag Jones Dendrocygna bicolor Fulvous Whistling Ducks are a popular choice for wildfowl collections being the hardiest of the whistling duck tribe. Although of duller plumage than some, the Fulvous Whistling Duck has a pleasing character easy to befriend. They have a shrill double-noted whistle and […]
Call Ducks
Magpie Calls – Kate Elkington The Call Duck is the smallest breed of domestic duck, weighing less than a kilo. Small and easily transported, they were developed as calling ducks, to call down the wild Mallard to the great traps or decoys in the Fenlands of the UK and the marshes of Holland. They were […]
