Kromsnaveleend
or Hook Bill
A Hookbill drake from the UK
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
This Dutch light breed duck is a seasonal layer and is mainly kept for exhibition. Its eggs are blue. The bird shown above is a Dark Mallard, and this breed adds to that coloration a white bib and two white primaries. It also appears in White. They weigh 5 1/2 to 6 1/2 pounds (2.3 to 2.8 kilos).
Its most outstanding characteristic is the strongly curved bill, which should continue the line of a semicircle started on the back of the skull.
Hookbills have been traced back to the 1600s. They were traditionally raised along the many canals in Holland.
Hookbill Links:
The Domestic Waterfowl Club on Hookbills
A White Hook Bill
Photo courtesy of Chris & Mike Ashton and Fancy Fowl Magazine
Dusky Hookbills
Photos courtesy of Kenny Coogan
A Hook Bill drake and his head
Photos courtesy of Erika Decker
Two Hook Bill ducks and one of their heads
Photos courtesy of Erika Decker
The head of a Hookbill female
Photo courtesy of Rupert Stephenson
A Kromsnaveleend
Photo courtesy of Bart Poulmans
More Hookbills: Dark females, a mixed flock, and a
White
Photos courtesy of Autumn House Farm
Hookbill ducklings
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