Labrador Duck
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species of extinct bird
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Labrador Duck is indexed among the 964 entries in Vinony's Extinct Species collection.
Within Vinony's link graph, Labrador Duck is referenced by 144 other articles, and connects out to Anseriformes, extinction and Long-tailed Duck.
It sits within the topics Bird extinctions since 1500, Birds described in 1789 and Commons link from Wikidata.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Parent taxon
- Camptorhynchus
- Image
- NMNH-USNM77126-01-plain.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- extinct species
- taxon name
- Camptorhynchus labradorius
- Commons category
- Camptorhynchus labradorius
- Commons gallery
- Camptorhynchus labradorius
- taxon common name
- labradorska patka
- short name
- C. labradorius
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Encyclopedic overview
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 reported sighting occurring in 1878 in Elmira, New York, and the last preserved specimen was shot in the fall of 1875 in Long Island, New York, by J.G. Bell. It was already a rare duck before European settlers arrived, and as a result of its rarity, information on the Labrador duck is not abundant, although some, such as its habitat, characteristics, dietary habits and reasons behind its extinction, are known. There are 55 specimens of the Labrador duck preserved in museum collections around the globe.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Labrador Duck” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.