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The Madagascar pochard or Madagascan pochard (Aythya innotata; Malagasy: Fotsy maso, Onjo [2]) is an extremely rare diving duck of the genus Aythya. Thought to be extinct in the late 1990s, specimens of the species were rediscovered at Lake Matsaborimena near Bemanevika in Madagascar in 2006. By 2017, a captive breeding program had produced a ...
West Indian whistling duck: Dendrocygna arborea (Linnaeus, 1758) 4 Fulvous whistling duck: Dendrocygna bicolor (Vieillot, 1816) 5 Plumed whistling duck: Dendrocygna eytoni (Eyton, 1838) 6 Wandering whistling duck: Dendrocygna arcuata (Horsfield, 1824) 7 Lesser whistling duck: Dendrocygna javanica (Horsfield, 1821) 8 White-backed duck ...
Additionally 55 avian species (0.48% of those evaluated) are listed as data deficient, meaning there is insufficient information for a full assessment of conservation status. As these species typically have small distributions and/or populations, they are intrinsically likely to be threatened, according to the IUCN. [ 3 ]
Endangered (EN) species are considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild. In December 2019, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) listed 460 endangered avian species. [1] Of all evaluated avian species, 4% are listed as endangered. No subpopulations of birds have been evaluated by the IUCN.
The Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is an extinct North American duck species. It has the distinction of being the first known endemic North American bird species to become extinct after the Columbian Exchange , with the last known sighting occurring in 1878 in Elmira, New York . [ 3 ]
They shared a video in July of some of the funny things their ducks do, and it'll make you smile! From the ducks ding-dong-ditching their mom to duck zoomies, they are so entertaining to watch.
A species may be endangered or vulnerable, but not considered rare if it has a large, dispersed population. IUCN uses the term "rare" as a designation for species found in isolated geographical locations. Rare species are generally considered threatened because a small population size is less likely to recover from ecological disasters.
At Vergenoegd Löw Wine Estate, which is just outside Cape Town in South Africa.an employee blows a whistle and a “parade” of thousands of ducks walk through the vineyard.The ducks then spend ...