Auckland Islands Teal

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iAuckland Islands Teal
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Species: A. aucklandica
Binomial name
Anas aucklandica
(Gray, 1844)

The Auckland Islands Teal (Anas aucklandica) is a species of dabbling duck of the genus Anas that is endemic to Auckland Islands off New Zealand. An old report of "the same flightless duck" on North East Island, The Snares group (Hector, 1896) most likely refers to a straggler.

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  • Hector, J. (1896): [Dr Collins' testimony of a Snares Island duck] Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 29: 614.

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