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Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, New Zealand

Alternative name: Flightless Teal

Anas aucklandica

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

New Zealand: found on islets off the Auckland Islands

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

[edit] Habitat

[edit] Behaviour

These are quite elusive birds as they cling to the shore of the small ponds on the islands and are frequently under overhanging vegetation.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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