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Location

Hacienda La Pacifica, Cañas
Costa Rica

Metadata

Make Nikon D300
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 70-300 mm f/4.5-5.6G   at 390 mm
Exposure 1/500 s, f/5.6, ISO 3200 
Image size 800 x 531 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Moschusente Dutch  Muskuseend
Italian  Anatra muschiata Spanish  Pato Criollo

Comments

The Muscovy Duck was domesticated in Colombia and Peru by the pre-Columbian Indians.




 
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    26/12/2008

Muscovy Duck
Cairina moschata
Canard musqué
Micheline JACQUEMIN