Biziura

Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one fossil species.

Species

• 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.

References

• Worthy, Trevor H. (2002). "The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892)". Notornis 49 (1): 19–28. http://www.notornis.org.nz/free_issues/Notornis_49-2002/Notornis_49_1_19.pdf.