The Illustrated Guide to Ducks and Geese and Other Domestic Fowl: How To Choose Them - How To Keep Them

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Cheng YS (1995) Sélection de la race Tsaiya Brune sur la ponte et la durée de la fertilité en croisement avec le canard de Barbarie. Thèse. Institut National Polytechnique de Toulouse, France Pingel H, Martin W, Klemm R (2013) Breeding and genetics of meat production and reproduction in waterfowl. In: ‘Genetic breeding and reproduction’ part of proceeding of the 5th world waterfowl conference, Vietnam Branch WPSA, Vietnam, pp 50–53 Despite their apparently docile nature, mallards are fascinating to observe. Their prenuptials are often quite aggressive and can involve several males chasing and forcing themselves upon a female. These are usually males that have missed out on pairing up the conventional way and instead choose to hang out in bachelor gangs. These species winter in Britain in large numbers, with more birds present in years when the weather conditions elsewhere in Europe are particularly poor. Mallards also fly in from Russia, though the majority come from Iceland and northern Europe. Wilford JN (2016) ‘Dinosaurs among us’ retraces an evolutionary path . The New York Times . https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/science/dinosaurs-birds-evolution-american-museum-of-natural-history.html. Accessed 28 Mar 2020

FAO (2015) The second report on the state of the world’s animal genetic resources for food and agriculture. In: Scherf BD, Pilling D (eds). FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Assessments Rome. http://www.fao.org/3/a-i4787e/index.html. Accessed 7 June 2020Mayr G, De Pietri VL, Scofield RP, Worthy TH (2018) On the taxonomic composition and phylogenetic affinities of the recently proposed clade Vegaviidae Agnolín et al 2017 – neornithine birds from the Upper Cretaceous of the Southern Hemisphere. Cretaceous Res 86:178–185 Tai C, Rouvier R, Poivey JP (1989) Genetic parameters of some growth and egg production traits in laying Brown Tsaiya ( Anas platyrynchos). Genet Sel Evol 21(3):377–384 Renne PR, Deino AL, Hilgen FJ, Kuiper KF, Mark DF, Mitchell WS III (2013) Time scales of critical events around the cretaceous-Paleogene boundary. Science 339(6120):684–687 Distribution: Mainly restricted to the highlands of Scotland during the summer, their winter range includes most coastal areas, lakes, large rivers and other inland water bodies. They are particularly best looked for in north and west Britain.

Hu YH, Poivey JP, Rouvier R, Tai C (1999) Heritabilities and genetic correlations of body weights and feather length in growing Muscovy selected in Taiwan. Br Poult Sci 40:605–612 Distribution: During the breeding season, they’re most common northwards from the Northumberland coast and off the west coast of Scotland. During the winter, their range expands to include areas along the east and south coasts, parts of the southwest coast and some areas of the Welsh coast.Sibley CG, Ahlquist JE (1990) Phylogeny and classification of birds: a study in molecular evolution. Yale University Press, London, isbn:03-000-40857, p 976 You’ll often hear wigeons before you see them – the male’s excitable, whistling ‘wee-oo’ call is very distinctive. In flight, they show white patches on the leading edge of the ‘arm’ of the wing, and white bellies. The male has mainly dove-grey and peachy-pink plumage, while the female is a rich chocolate-brown colour.

Cheng YS, Rouvier R, Poivey JP, Tai C (1996) Prediction of genetic gains in body weight, egg production and shell quality traits in the laying Brown Tsaiya ( Anas platyrhynchos). Genet Sel Evol 28:443–455 Zhang ZG, Zhu XH (1986) China animal science history collected works. Science and Technology of China Press, Beijing, pp 271–273 Red-crested pochard ( Netta rufina) – 10-21 pairs/500 words – introduced (also occurs naturally as a wanderer from mainland Europe) Distribution: Mainly found in the Midlands, south-east of England, parts of Scotland’s east coast, eastern Northern Ireland and along the south and north coasts of Wales. Their range expands during winter to include Cornwall and North Devon, parts of Scotland’s west coast and larger areas of Northern Ireland.Distribution: Widespread across England, parts of Scotland and Northern Ireland. Less common in Wales and south-west England but they can be seen here as their range expands during the winter. Britain is a major wintering area for wildfowl, attracting birds from Greenland in the west to Siberia in the east. van Tuinen M, Paton T, Haddrath O, Baker A (2003) ‘Big bang’ for tertiary birds? A replay. Trends Ecol Evol 18:442–443

Hu YH, Liu SC, Liao YW, Pau CM (2002) Studies on intra-line and intra-family varieties of green egg color in Brown Tsaiya. Taiwan Lives Res 35(3):231–240 Oliphant LW (1987) Pteridines and purines as major pigments of the avian iris. Pigment Cell Res 1:129–131 Distribution: An introduced species, the main population is in the south, central and eastern areas of England, but there are small numbers in northern England, Wales and Scotland. Theophrastus (1961) Concerning weather signs. In: Enquiry into plants and minor works on odours and weather signs. English translation by Sir Arthur Holt. W Heinemann and Cambridge: Harvard University Press, LondonGadwall ( Mareca strepera) – 1,200 pairs/25,000 birds – native (though numbers increased by releases of captive birds) Singh A, Gupta J, Churchil RR, Sharma D, Singh RV (2005) Genetic relatedness between red jungle fowl and other poultry species for BLB2 gene. Indian J Anim Genet Breed 26(1–2):18–20 Gordh G, Beardsley JW (1999) Taxonomy and biological control. In: Bellows TS, Fisher TW (eds) Handbook of biological control: principles and applications of biological control. Academic Press, Amsterdam, pp 45–55. isbn 978-0-12-257305-7 DAD-IS (2020) Domestic animal diversity information system. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. http://www.fao.org/dad-is/dataexport/en/. Accessed 25 May 2020