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The Labrador Duck, Camptorhynchus labradorius was a striking black and white eider-like sea duck that was never known to be common, and is believed to be the first bird to go extinct in North America after 1500. The last Labrador Duck is believed to have been seen at Elmira, New York on December 12, 1878; the last preserved specimen was shot in 1875 on Long Island. It was thought to breed in Labrador, although no nests were ever described, and it wintered from Nova Scotia to as far south as Chesapeake Bay. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 523 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 669 pixel, file size: 291 KB, MIME type: image/png) Faithful reproductions of two-dimensional original works cannot attract copyright in the U.S. according to the rule in Bridgeman Art Library v. ...
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Typical Classes See below Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates. ...
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Families Anhimidae Anseranatidae Anatidae †Dromornithidae †Presbyornithidae The order Anseriformes contains about 150 species of birds in three families: the Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the Magpie-goose), and the Anatidae, which includes over 140 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. ...
Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Thalassorninae Anserinae Stictonettinae Plectropterinae Tadorninae Anatinae Aythyinae Merginae Oxyurinae and see text Anatidae is the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swan. ...
Charles Lucien Jules Laurent Bonaparte (May 24, 1803 _ July 29, 1857) was a French naturalist and ornithologist. ...
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Johann Friedrich Gmelin (August 8, 1748 - November 1, 1804) was a German naturalist and botanist. ...
Species Eiders are large seaducks in the genus Somateria. ...
Genera Polysticta Somateria Histrionicus Camptorhynchus Melanitta Clangula Bucephala Mergellus Lophodytes Mergus † For other ducks, see also: Anatidae The seaducks, Merginae, form a subfamily of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, Anatidae. ...
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North America North America is a continent[1] in the Earths northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. ...
1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Location in Chemung County in the state of New York Coordinates: , Country State County Chemung County Government - Mayor John S. Tonello (D) Area - City 7. ...
is the 346th day of the year (347th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
1875 (MDCCCLXXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
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Labrador (also Coast of Labrador) is a region of Atlantic Canada. ...
Motto: Munit Haec et Altera Vincit(Latin) One defends and the other conquers Capital Halifax Largest city Halifax Regional Municipality Official languages English, Canadian Gaelic Government - Lieutenant-Governor Mayann E. Francis - Premier Rodney MacDonald (PC) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 11 - Senate seats 10 Confederation July 1, 1867...
The Chesapeake Bay - Landsat photo The Chesapeake Bay where the Susquehanna River empties into it. ...
It was also known as a Pied Duck, a vernacular name that it shared with the Surf Scoter and the Common Goldeneye (and even the American Oystercatcher), a fact that has led to difficulties in interpreting old records of these species, and also as Skunk Duck. Both names refer to the male's striking white/black piebald coloration. Yet another common name was Sand Shoal Duck, referring to its habit of feeding in shallow water. The closest evolutionary relatives of the Labrador Duck are apparently the scoters (Melanitta) (Livezey, 1995). Binomial name Melanitta perspicillata (Linnaeus, 1758) The Surf Scoter (Melanitta perspicillata) is a large sea duck, which breeds in Canada and Alaska. ...
Binomial name Bucephala clangula (Linnaeus, 1758) Subspecies (Eurasian Goldeneye) (American Goldeneye) The Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) is a medium sized sea duck of the genus Bucephala, the goldeneyes. ...
Binomial name Haematopus palliatus (Temminck, 1820) The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), occasionally called the American Pied Oystercatcher, is a member of Family Haematopodidae. ...
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Genus Melanitta (Boie, 1822) The scoters are stocky seaducks in the genus Melanitta. ...
The Labrador Duck fed on small molluscs, and the structure of the bill was highly modified from that of most ducks, having a wide, flattened tip with numerous lamellae inside. In this way it is considered an ecological counterpart of the North Pacific/North Asian Steller's Eider. Another, completely unrelated, duck with similar (but even more specialized) bill morphology is the Australian Pink-eared Duck, which feeds largely on plankton, but also mollusks; the condition in the Labrador Duck probably resembled that in the Blue Duck most in outward appearance. Classes Caudofoveata Aplacophora Polyplacophora - Chitons Monoplacophora Bivalvia - Bivalves Scaphopoda - Tusk shells Gastropoda - Snails and Slugs Cephalopoda - Squids, Octopuses, etc. ...
Lamellae are gill-shaped structures: fine sheets of material held near one another, with open space between. ...
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Binomial name Polysticta stelleri Pallas, 1769 The Stellers Eider (Polysticta stelleri) is a medium-large sea duck, which breeds along the arctic coasts of eastern Siberia and Alaska. ...
Binomial name Malacorhynchus membranaceus (Latham, 1802) The Pink-eared Duck, (Malacorhynchus membranaceus) is a species of duck found in Australia. ...
Stamp issued by New Zealand depicting a Blue Duck Binomial name Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus (Gmelin, 1789) Subspecies (South Island Blue Duck) (North Island Blue Duck) The Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchus) is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. ...
The extinction of the Labrador Duck is still quite unexplained. Although hunted for food, this duck was considered to taste bad and rot quickly and fetch a low price; consequently, it was not sought much by hunters. Alternatively, it is thought that the eggs may have been over-harvested, and it may have been subject to depredations by the feather trade in its breeding area as well. Another possible factor in the bird's extinction was the decline in mussels and other shellfish on which they are believed to have fed in their winter quarters, due to growth of population and industry on the Eastern Seaboard. Although all sea ducks readily feed on shallow-water molluscs, no Western Atlantic bird species seems to have been dependent on such food as much as the Labrador Duck (Bangs in Phillips, 1926). Subclasses Pteriomorpha (marine mussels) Palaeoheterodonta (freshwater mussels) Heterodonta (zebra mussels) The term mussel is used for several families of bivalve molluscs inhabiting lakes, rivers, and creeks, as well as intertidal areas along coastlines worldwide. ...
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References - BirdLife International (2004). Camptorhynchus labradorius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as extinct
- Cokinos, Christopher (2000): Hope is the Thing with Feathers. New York: Putnam, pp. 281-304. ISBN 1-58542-006-9
- Ducher, William (1894): The Labrador Duck - another specimen, with additional data respecting extant specimens. Auk 11: 4-12. PDF fulltext
- Forbush, Edward Howe (1912): A History of the Game Birds, Wild-Fowl and Shore Birds of Massachusetts and Adjacent States. Boston: Massachusetts State Board of Agriculture, pp. 411-416.
- Fuller, Errol (2001): Extinct Birds, Comstock Publishing, ISBN 0-8014-3954-X, pp. 85-87.
- Livezey, Bradley C. (1995): Phylogeny and Evolutionary Ecology of Modern Seaducks (Anatidae: Mergini). Condor 97: 233-255. PDF fulltext
- Phillips, John C. (1922-1926): A Natural History of Ducks. Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, volume 4, pp. 57-63.
- Madge, Steve & Burn, Hilary (1988): Waterfowl. An identification guide to the ducks, geese and swans of the world. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, pp. 265-266. ISBN 0-395-46727-6
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (also known as the IUCN Red List and Red Data List), created in 1963, is the worlds most comprehensive inventory of the global conservation status of plant and animal species and can be found here. ...
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The Auk is a quarterly journal and the official publication of the American Ornithologists Union, having been continuously published by that body since 1884. ...
The Condor is the quarterly journal of the Cooper Ornithological Society. ...
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