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Muscovy duck
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<p>The Muscovy duck (<i>Cairina moschata</i>) is a <a href="/facts/Duck/9JgpTDXg">duck</a> native to the <a href="/facts/Americas/hEuUTL4K">Americas</a>, from the <a href="/facts/Lower_Rio_Grande_Valley/kBDQx0Cm">Lower Rio Grande Valley</a> of <a href="/facts/Texas/B987WHF0">Texas</a> and <a href="/facts/Mexico/IT5bwhdh">Mexico</a> south to <a href="/facts/Argentina/aFSA5bAk">Argentina</a> and <a href="/facts/Uruguay/X6V0apCb">Uruguay</a>. The species has been <a href="/facts/Domestic_Muscovy_duck/36GTXC9v">domesticated</a>, and <a href="/facts/Feral/kr7vGvdx">feral</a> Muscovy ducks can be found locally in <a href="/facts/New_Zealand/4mpSlJdg">New Zealand</a>, <a href="/facts/Australia/qLHpbppq">Australia</a>, the <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">United States</a>, and in Central and Eastern <a href="/facts/Europe/DTAtrKfh">Europe</a>. </p>