Duck color
Black
Solid black pigment. In birds often with a green or purple sheen; on skin, legs, beak, comb and tongue the dark pigment some standards call for.
38 Duck breeds list Black. It is in a club standard for 29 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Black
| Breed | APA | PCGB | EE | BWA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Call | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“Black; Bibbed; Magpie; Mallard; Mallard Dusky”) | Standard (“schwarz; schwarz mit Latz; grobgescheckt schwarz; wildfarbig; dunkel-wildfarbig; dunkel-wildfarbig m.Latz”) | Standard (“Black; Bibbed; Magpie; Mallard; Mallard Dusky”) |
| CallGray | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“Mallard”) | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Mallard”) |
| CallDusky Mallard | No ruling | Standard (“Mallard Dusky”) | Standard (“dunkel-wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Mallard Dusky”) |
| CallBlack | No ruling | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| CallBlack Bibbed | No ruling | Standard (“Bibbed”) | Standard (“schwarz mit Latz”) | Standard (“Bibbed”) |
| CallBlack Magpie | No ruling | Standard (“Magpie”) | No ruling | Standard (“Magpie”) |
| CallDusky Mallard Bibbed | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“dunkel-wildfarbig m.Latz”) | No ruling |
| CallBlack Pied | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“grobgescheckt schwarz”) | No ruling |
| Cayuga | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“beetle-green lustre on the black plumage”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“beetle-green lustre on the black plumage”) |
| Crested | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| CrestedBlack | Standard (“Black”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| East Indie | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“amazing green iridescence”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“amazing green iridescence”) |
| Indian Runner | Standard (“Black; Gray”) | Standard (“Black; Mallard”) | Standard (“schwarz; wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Black; Mallard”) |
| Indian RunnerBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Indian RunnerGray | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“Mallard”) | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | Standard (“Mallard”) |
| Khaki Campbell | No ruling | Standard (“Dark”) | Standard (“dunkelwildfarbig”) | Standard (“Dark”) |
| Magpie | Standard (“Black and White”) | Standard (“Black and White”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black and White”) |
| MagpieBlack | Standard (“Black and White”) | Standard (“Black and White”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Black and White”) |
| Mallard | Standard (“Gray”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| MallardGray | Standard (“Gray”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Muscovy | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Wild (Black); Black Magpie”) | Standard (“schwarz; Schecken schwarz; wildfarbig; wildfarbig mit Latz; weiß mit schwarzem Scheitel”) | Standard (“Wild (Black); Black Magpie”) |
| MuscovyBlack | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“Wild (Black)”) | Standard (“schwarz”) | Standard (“Wild (Black)”) |
| MuscovyBlack Magpie | No ruling | Standard (“Black Magpie”) | Standard (“Schecken schwarz”) | Standard (“Black Magpie”) |
| MuscovyWild Type | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig”) | No ruling |
| MuscovyWild Type Bibbed | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“wildfarbig mit Latz”) | No ruling |
| MuscovyWhite Black Capped | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“weiß mit schwarzem Scheitel”) | No ruling |
| Rouen | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“the drake has a green head, claret bib and grey body”) | Standard (“wildfarbig; dunkelwildfarbig”) | Standard (“the drake has a green head, claret bib and grey body”) |
| Swedish | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz mit Latz”) | No ruling |
| SwedishBlack | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“schwarz mit Latz”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Black is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed |
|---|
| Buff |
| CayugaBeak |
| CayugaLegs and feet |
| CrestedBeak |
| CrestedLegs and feet |
| East IndieBeak |
| East IndieLegs and feet |
| Indian RunnerBeak |
| SwedishLegs and feet |