Editing Muscovy duck (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Muscovy duck
| image = Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) male (29039391935).jpg
| image_caption = Male, Transpantaneira, Poconé, Mato Grosso, Brazil
| image2 = DPP 2199.JPG
| image2_caption = Female, Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2018 |title=''Cairina moschata'' |volume=2018 |page=e.T22680061A131911211 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22680061A131911211.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Cairina
| parent_authority = [[John Fleming (naturalist)|Fleming]], 1822
| species = moschata
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758)
| display_parents = 2
| synonyms = ''Anas moschata'' <small>Linnaeus, 1758</small><br/>''Cairina sylvestris'' Stephens, 1824, ''nom. superfl''.
| range_map = Cairina moschata map.svg
| range_map_caption = {{legend|#008000|Natural range}}{{legend|#800080|Introduced feral populations}}
}}

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