The Putian Black Duck is a typical egg-type duck breed.

(1) Origin and distribution: It is the only black-feathered breed among the egg-type breeds in China. It is named after its central production area in Putian, Fujian Province. It is mainly distributed in Pingtan, Fuqing, Changle, Lianjiang, the suburbs of Fuzhou, Hui'an, Jinjiang, Quanzhou and other counties and cities. This breed is an egg-type duck developed under beach grazing conditions; it adapts both to grazing on soft tidal flats and to grazing on hard beaches, and has relatively strong heat tolerance and salt tolerance, making it especially suitable for rearing on hard tidal flats in subtropical regions.

(2) Appearance characteristics: The body is light, compact, and moves flexibly and swiftly. Both male and female ducks have black feathers over the whole body, a blackish-green bill, black shanks and webbing, and black claws. The male duck has glossy feathers on the head and neck and sex feathers on the tail, with obvious male characteristics.

(3) Production performance: ① Egg-laying performance: The annual egg production is 250-280 eggs, and the egg weight is 63 grams. The shell color is mostly white eggs, and the feed-to-egg ratio is 3.84:1. ② Growth rate: The body weight of adult male ducks is 1300-1400 grams, and that of female ducks is 1550-1650 grams. ③ Reproductive performance: The age at first egg for female ducks is about 120 days, the mating ratio of male to female ducks is 1:25, and the fertility rate of breeding eggs is about 95%.