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Auckland Islands Merganser
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Auckland Islands Merganser
Mergus australis
The Auckland Island merganser (Mergus australis) (Māori: Miuweka), also known as the New Zealand merganser, is an extinct species of typical merganser.
From the article Auckland Island merganser on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
This duck was similar in size to the red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator). The adult male had a dark reddish-brown head, crest and neck, with bluish black mantle and tail and slate grey wings. The female was slightly smaller with a shorter crest.
In human culture
The Auckland Island merganser was known from the Auckland Islands archipelago, part of the New Zealand Subantarctic Islands. The only historical records are from Auckland Island and Adams Island. Holocene bones were found on Enderby Island. The species was formally described in 1841. The closely related extinct Chatham Island merganser (Mergus milleneri) is known from Holocene bones found on Chatham Island, New Zealand. The species identity of merganser bones from mainland New Zealand—North, South, and Stewart Islands—is unresolved.
Wikipedia: “History”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7001.