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Amsterdam Duck Mareca marecula Scientific name definitions

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Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2014

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Originally Appeared in

HBW Alive

Systematics History

Monotypic.

Subspecies

Thought to have become extinct soon after the last report, from St Paul I in 1793. Presumably hunted to extinction by whalers and sealers.

Distribution

Amsterdam I and St Paul I, in French Southern Territories. Known from bones (1).

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife EX Extinct
Distribution of the Amsterdam Duck - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Amsterdam Duck

eBird and Macaulay Library

Recommended Citation

(2020). Amsterdam Duck (Mareca marecula), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.amsduc1.01
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