All except the screamers belong to the biological family Anatidae. TaxonomyĪll ducks belong to the biological order Anseriformes, a group that contains the ducks, geese and swans, as well as the screamers, and the magpie goose. Latin anas "duck", Lithuanian ántis 'duck', Ancient Greek νῆσσα/ νῆττα ( nēssa/ nētta) 'duck', and Sanskrit ātí 'water bird', among others.Ī duckling is a young duck in downy plumage or baby duck, but in the food trade a young domestic duck which has just reached adult size and bulk and its meat is still fully tender, is sometimes labelled as a duckling.Ī male is called a drake and the female is called a duck, or in ornithology a hen. The word ened/ ænid was inherited from Proto-Indo-European cf. Other Germanic languages still have similar words for duck, for example, Dutch eend, German Ente and Norwegian and. This word replaced Old English ened/ ænid 'duck', possibly to avoid confusion with other words, such as ende 'end' with similar forms. ![]() Pacific black duck displaying the characteristic upending "duck" The word duck comes from Old English dūce 'diver', a derivative of the verb * dūcan 'to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive', because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending compare with Dutch duiken and German tauchen 'to dive'. Ducks are mostly aquatic birds, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water.ĭucks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated water birds with similar forms, such as loons or divers, grebes, gallinules and coots. Divided among several subfamilies, they are a form taxon they do not represent a monophyletic group (the group of all descendants of a single common ancestral species), since swans and geese are not considered ducks. Ducks are generally smaller and shorter-necked than swans and geese, which are members of the same family. For other uses, see Duckling (disambiguation).ĭuck is the common name for numerous species of waterfowl in the family Anatidae. Support for the Polish Federation Meeting in Wroclaw on May 7th, 2022Ĭancelation of the European EE exhibition from November 11 to 13, 2022 in Kielce/PL In view of the dramatic current circumstances, is the European EE exhibition in Kielce/PL, from November 11 – 13, 2022 canceled."Duckling" redirects here. Our warm thanks to the members of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, to President Edin, to Damir for this pleasant moment. Thank you to all the managers who were present. See under Poultry section => Meetings EE meeting, 25- in Konjic / BiHĪ very studious and convivial congress. See under National shows Updated Breed Specific European Shows See in sections The Entente Européenne is looking for a President and a TreasurerĮE meeting 2022 in Konjic See the minutes of the GA and the various meetings in the sections of the concerned pages EE Poultry judges seminar 23- in Trenčín/SK See under Rabbit section National show in Spain See under Pigeons sections : Shows Minutes of Rabbit section meeting See under Pigeons section : Meeting European show of Jacobin 2022 ![]() ![]() See under Cavia section : meeting Minutes of the seminar for Judges of the pigeons section Minutes of the online meeting 2022 of the Cavia section ©: Pictures: BDRG/FIAV/DFfR Turkeys and Geese Breeds Portraits: Turkeys, Geese, Guineafowls, Ducks (incomplete)
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