Muscovy Duck
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Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

Silhouette: Edwin Price · PhyloPic

Daily sighting probability <5% · Rare
at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park
33 Verified sightings at Farallones de Cali National Natural Park From 2019 to 2026
12,524 Verified sightings across all 125 parks From 2019 to 2026
May Best month highest sighting rate
☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Muscovy Duck

The Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) is a species of duck native to the Americas, from the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico south to Argentina and Uruguay. The species has been domesticated, and feral Muscovy ducks can be found locally in New Zealand, Australia, the United States, and in Central and Eastern Europe.

It is a large duck, with the males significantly larger than the females. The males are 76–84 cm (30–33 in) long and weigh up to 3–4 kg (6.6–8.8 lb); females are 71–76 cm (28–30 in) long and 1.25 kg (2.8 lb) weight, roughly half the weight of the males. The wingspan is from 137 to 152 cm (54 to 60 in). The plumage is predominantly black, with large white patches on the wing; the back and wing feathers being iridescent and glossy in males, while the females are more drab. Muscovy ducks have long claws on their feet and a wide, flat tail.

On the head, the male has a short crest on the nape. The bill is black with a speckling of pale pink. A blackish or dark red knob can be seen at the bill base, which is similar in colour to the bare skin of the face. The eyes are yellowish-brown. The legs and webbed feet are blackish. The female is similar in plumage... Wikipedia →

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Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
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Fulvous Whistling-Duck

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Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
White-faced Whistling Duck
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Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Mallard
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Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
Northern Screamer
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Daily sighting probability Insufficient data
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Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Warmer areas are where this animal is recorded most often.

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Daily sighting probability
1 Lago de Yojoa 🇭🇳 Honduras
~50%
2 Palo Verde National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~40%
3 Noel Kempff Mercado National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
~40%
4 Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
~20%
5 Anavilhanas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~20%
6 Iberá National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~20%
7 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
~20%
8 Serra da Canastra National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
9 Carara National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
10 Everglades National Park 🇺🇸 United States
~10%
11 Marino Ballena National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
12 Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
13 Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
14 Darién National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
15 Iguaçu National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
~10%
16 Tambopata National Reserve 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
17 Amacayacu National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
~10%
18 Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
19 Soberanía National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
~10%
20 Tortuguero National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
~10%
21 Iguazú National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
~10%
22 Manu National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
~10%
23 Doñana National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
~10%
24 Yasuní National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
~10%
25 Cañón del Sumidero National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
~10%
26 Los Haitises National Park 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic
~10%
27 Garden Route National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
28 Santa Rosa National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
29 La Amistad International Park (Panama) 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
30 Bastimentos Island National Marine Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
31 Cordillera Azul National Park 🇵🇪 Peru
<5%
32 Piedras Blancas National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
33 Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
34 Braulio Carrillo National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
35 El Impenetrable National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
<5%
36 Table Mountain National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
<5%
37 Arenal Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
38 Serra dos Órgãos National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
39 Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
40 Picos de Europa National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
41 Sierra de la Macarena National Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
42 Tijuca National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
<5%
43 Tenorio Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
44 Chagres National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
45 Madidi National Park 🇧🇴 Bolivia
<5%
46 Saguaro National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
47 Ostional Wildlife Refuge 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
48 Sierra Nevada National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
49 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 🇧🇿 Belize
<5%
50 Volcán Barú National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
<5%
51 Corcovado National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
52 Pico Bonito National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
<5%
53 Cahuita National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
54 Joshua Tree National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
55 Monfragüe National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
<5%
56 Tayrona National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
57 Las Baulas Marine National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
58 Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
59 Shenandoah National Park 🇺🇸 United States
<5%
60 Manuel Antonio National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
61 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%
62 Blue Mountains National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
63 Arrecifes de Cozumel National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
64 Daintree National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
65 Pyrénées National Park 🇫🇷 France
<5%
66 Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
<5%
67 Royal National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
<5%
68 Wadden Sea National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
<5%
69 Tapantí-Macizo de la Muerte National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
70 Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
<5%
71 Cuc Phuong National Park 🇻🇳 Vietnam
Insufficient data
72 La Tigra National Park 🇭🇳 Honduras
Insufficient data
73 Puracé National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
74 Main Ridge Forest Reserve 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago
Insufficient data
75 Liwonde National Park 🇲🇼 Malawi
Insufficient data
76 Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
77 Machalilla National Park 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
78 Lake Manyara National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
79 Snowdonia National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
80 Kerinci Seblat National Park 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
81 Kiskunság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data
82 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data
83 Cape Breton Highlands National Park 🇨🇦 Canada
Insufficient data
84 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
Insufficient data
85 Parque Natural Metropolitano 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
86 Fertő-Hanság National Park 🇭🇺 Hungary
Insufficient data
87 Bahía de Loreto National Park 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
88 Aigüestortes National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data
89 Egmont National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
90 Tsavo West National Park 🇰🇪 Kenya
Insufficient data
91 Ngorongoro Conservation Area 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
92 iSimangaliso Wetland Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
93 Galápagos Islands 🇪🇨 Ecuador
Insufficient data
94 Addo Elephant National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
95 Serengeti National Park 🇹🇿 Tanzania
Insufficient data
96 Emas National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
97 Kruger National Park 🇿🇦 South Africa
Insufficient data
98 Biotopo Cerro Cahuí 🇬🇹 Guatemala
Insufficient data
99 San Lorenzo Protected Forest 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
100 El Palmar National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
101 Canaima National Park 🇻🇪 Venezuela
Insufficient data
102 Coiba National Park 🇵🇦 Panama
Insufficient data
103 Poás Volcano National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
104 Reserva de la Biosfera Mariposa Monarca 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
105 Blue and John Crow Mountains National Park 🇯🇲 Jamaica
Insufficient data
106 Chapada dos Guimarães National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
107 Cévennes National Park 🇫🇷 France
Insufficient data
108 Itatiaia National Park 🇧🇷 Brazil
Insufficient data
109 Rincón de la Vieja National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
110 Abel Tasman National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
111 Tikal National Park 🇬🇹 Guatemala
Insufficient data
112 Tangkoko Nature Reserve 🇮🇩 Indonesia
Insufficient data
113 Ranomafana National Park 🇲🇬 Madagascar
Insufficient data
114 Big Cypress National Preserve 🇺🇸 United States
Insufficient data
115 Celestún Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
116 Calakmul Biosphere Reserve 🇲🇽 Mexico
Insufficient data
117 Great Otway National Park 🇦🇺 Australia
Insufficient data
118 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data
119 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
Insufficient data
120 Fiordland National Park 🇳🇿 New Zealand
Insufficient data
121 Bavarian Forest National Park 🇩🇪 Germany
Insufficient data
122 Nahuel Huapi National Park 🇦🇷 Argentina
Insufficient data
123 Los Quetzales National Park 🇨🇷 Costa Rica
Insufficient data
124 Cairngorms National Park 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Insufficient data
125 Sierra de Guadarrama National Park 🇪🇸 Spain
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Muscovy Duck in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Muscovy Duck sighting in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Muscovy Duck in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park?

May has the highest sighting rate for Muscovy Duck in Farallones de Cali National Natural Park in our monthly data.

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