Biziura
Biziura | |
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Australian musk duck, Biziura lobata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Subfamily: | Anatinae |
Genus: | Biziura Stephens, 1824 |
Species | |
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Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one subfossil species.
Species
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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B. lobata Stephens, 1824 | musk duck | Widely distributed through south-eastern Australia, south-west Western Australia and the Murray-Darling Basin |
- †B. delautouri Forbes, 1892 – New Zealand musk duck – previously endemic to New Zealand, and occurring on both North and South Islands, but now extinct.[1]
References
- ^ Worthy, Trevor H. (2002). "The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892)" (PDF). Notornis. 49 (1): 19–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-18.