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Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

3,149Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
78Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan419
Feb333
Mar331
Apr308
May239
Jun175
Jul161
Aug231
Sep231
Oct223
Nov250
Dec248

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Cambridgeshire England272
2Cornwall England269
3Trafford England214
4Surrey England121
5Stockport England99
6Sheffield England74
7Warrington England66
8Devon England65
9Rotherham England59
10Sefton England54
11Calderdale England54
12Lincolnshire England41
13Cheshire East England37
14St. Helens England31
15Nottinghamshire England29
3,088 England26 Scotland31 Wales1 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 78 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
3,149
Peak month
January
Counties with records
78
Scientific name
Cairina moschata
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
4,257
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Cairina
Name with authority
Cairina moschata (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758
Contributing datasets
8

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · GBIF 9751099