Challandais

Challandais

In the Écomusée de la Bintinais, in Rennes
Conservation status	FAO (2007): endangered [1] : 47  DAD-IS (2026): unknown [2]
Country of origin	France
Distribution	Marais Breton, Pays de la Loire
Classification
APA	no [3]
EE	listed, not recognised [4]
PCGB	no [5]
duck Anas platyrhynchos

The Challandais or Canard de Challans is a French breed of domestic duck. It originates in, and was formerly widely distributed in, the Marais Breton, the marshlands of southern Brittany and northern Poitou, in the Pays de la Loire region of western France. ^[6] The breed name derives from that of the commune of Challans in the département of the Vendée; it is also associated with the city of Nantes, some 60 km to the north, and so may also be known as the Nantais. ^{[7] : 65  [8]}

In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed. It is recognised by the Fédération Française des Volailles. ^[9]

References

1. Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN   9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
2. Breed data sheet: Canard de Challans / France (Duck (domestic)). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed January 2026.
3. APA Recognized Breeds and Varieties: As of January 1, 2012. American Poultry Association. Archived 4 November 2017.
4. Liste des races et variétés homologuée dans les pays EE (28.04.2013). Entente Européenne d'Aviculture et de Cuniculture. Archived 16 June 2013.
5. Ducks. Poultry Club of Great Britain. Archived 9 November 2018.
6. Marie-France Avignon (1981). Oies et canards (in French). Paris: Flammarion. ISBN   2082003671.
7. DJean-Baptiste de Panafieu (2008). Des oies et des canards (in French). Saint-Herblain: Gulf Stream. ISBN   9782354880149.
8. Canard de Challans (in French). Prinquiau: Conservatoire des Races Animales en Pays de la Loire. Archived 9 November 2025.
9. Liste des variétés canards, oies, dindons reconnues en France en janvier 2025 (in French). Paris: Fédération Française des Volailles. Accessed January 2026.