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  2. Madagascar pochard - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. List of Anatidae species - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. Labrador duck - Wikipedia

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    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 ]

  5. Rosy-billed pochard - Wikipedia

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    Though classified as a diving duck, this pochard feeds more like a dabbling duck feeding on seeds roots, sedges, aquatic plants and other grasses. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Netta is Ancient Greek for "duck" and peposaca is a transcription of the Guaraní name of this species which means "showy wings", referring to the broad white stripe that is only visible ...

  6. Loon - Wikipedia

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    [20] [21] The term gavia was transferred from the ducks to the loons only in the 18th century. Earlier naturalists referred to the loons as mergus (the Latin term for diving seabirds of all sorts) or colymbus, which became the genus name used in the first modern scientific description of a Gavia species (by Carl Linnaeus) in 1758.

  7. Laysan duck - Wikipedia

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    The Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis), also known as the Laysan teal, is a dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Fossil evidence reveals that Laysan ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but today survive only on Laysan Island and two atolls. The duck has several physical and behavioral traits linked to the absence of ground ...

  8. 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.

  9. Laysan - Wikipedia

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    A Laysan duck mother and her ducklings Two living Laysan fan palms and the stumps of others. Photographed sometime between 1891 and 1896. Laysan is generally regarded as the "gem" of the NWHI, with the most biodiversity. It is home to the Laysan duck, the rarest duck in the world. [19]