Aylesbury duck
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The Aylesbury duck is a recent addition to the duck family, bred mainly for its meat within the last 200 years. The breed was developed by the Weston family of Aylesbury and is now farmed all over the world as the quality of meat obtained from the breed is particularly high.
The Aylesbury duck is the heraldic emblem of the town of Aylesbury, lent itself to the best bitter of the Aylesbury Brewery Company and to two pub names in the town. Its plumage is almost invariably white, with a pink or orange bill and either orange or (rarely) black feet. It is also the largest known breed of domestic duck.
The breed is deemed to be critically endangered in the United States.
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