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american_pekin
📅 Updated:2026-08-31
🕒 Created:2026-08-31
🆔 ID:111519
Description
The [color=species]American Pekin[/color], also known as the [color=species]White Pekin[/color] and [color=species]Long Island Duck[/color] is an American breed of domestic duck. It is distinguished for its plain white feathers.
It is by far the most popular breed of domestic duck in commercial use and media. Since the 19th century it has been bred and raised for poultry, and in the 20th century became a public icon in the form of Disney's Donald Duck and his family.
The breed originated in 1872 from a Chinese stock of ten-pound ducks shipped from Beijing (alternatively romanized as "Pekin") to New York City. James E. Palmer bred the Pekin from four imported ducks, and the Pekin was recognized as a breed in 1874 by the newly founded American Poultry Association.
