Call duck

The Call is a historic breed of small domestic duck. It is believed to have originated in the Netherlands, where the earliest descriptions and depictions of it date from the seventeenth century. It is similar in appearance to some other breeds of ducks, but is much smaller, with a round head and very short bill. Female Ducks, but not drakes, are very loquacious and noisy, with a piercing high-pitched call which can be heard from far away.: 88 

Call
Conservation status
  • FAO (2007): not at risk: 141 
  • DAD-IS (2022):
  • SZH (2022): threatened
Distribution
  • Ireland
  • Netherlands
  • United Kingdom
Use
  • ornament
  • showing
Traits
Colourabout twenty recognised colours
Classification
APA: 18 
EEno
PCGB
  • Duck
  • Anas platyrhyncos

The Call was in the past used as a decoy duck, to attract wild ducks into traps.

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