muscovy duck possibly

[smoothhound2000]

Hi all i saw this duck/goose today at a local pond and i think it is a muscovy duck, if so do you guys think it is an escapee.

[Dave Appleton]

Yes, that's a Muscovy Duck. It will probably have escaped, or perhaps been deliberately released. There's an outside chance it's wild-bred as a very small number of escaped or released Muscovies are now breeding in the wild. But not a true wild bird anyway as they're native to Central and South America, plus the domesticated birds generally look rather different from the wild ones whose plumage is mostly black.

[smoothhound2000]

thanks dave, thought it was a released or escaped bird as it is not a normal bird to see in the local pond.