Dutch Hookbill
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Dutch Hookbill — identified breed photograph. · Paul-Erwin Oswald · CC BY 3.0 · License terms
Follow the story behind the name.
The Dutch Hookbill is associated with the waterways of the Netherlands. A hooked-bill duck appeared in Francis Willughby's published ornithology in 1676, providing an early documentary reference. The Conservancy places the breed's development in Noord-Holland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, while acknowledging uncertainty in the exact origin.
A bill that curves downward gives the Hookbill its name. Historically, birds foraged along canals and waterways and were expected to obtain much of their food there. Its identity therefore includes both an unusual profile and a practical foraging tradition.
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- FAO DAD-IS · Domestic breed information
- IUCN Red List · Species assessments
- Biodiversity Heritage Library · Historical literature search
- USDA National Agricultural Library · Research search
- Google Scholar · Scholarly literature search
- Open Library · Book catalogue search
- HathiTrust · Digitized catalogue search