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Labrador duck
| Labrador duck | |
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| Female specimen, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | |
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| Male, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Merginae |
| Genus: | †Camptorhynchus Bonaparte, 1838 |
| Species: | †C. labradorius
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| Binomial name | |
| †Camptorhynchus labradorius (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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The Labrador duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is an extinct North American duck species. It has the distinction of being the first known endemic North American bird species to become extinct after the Columbian Exchange, with the last reported sighting occurring in 1878 in Elmira, New York[3], and the last preserved specimen was shot in the fall of 1875 in Long Island, New York by J.G. Bell[4][5]. It was already a rare duck before European settlers arrived, and as a result of its rarity, information on the Labrador duck is not abundant, although some, such as its habitat, characteristics, dietary habits and reasons behind its extinction, are known. There are 55 specimens of the Labrador duck preserved in museum collections worldwide.[6]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Camptorhynchus labradorius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680418A92862623. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680418A92862623.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Camptorhynchus labradorius. NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ Renko, Amanda. "EXTINCT: Seeking a bird last seen in 1878". Star Gazette. Retrieved 23 June 2017.
- ^ "Labrador duck | Endangered List". endangeredlist.org. Retrieved 2024-12-27.
- ^ Dutcher, William (1894). "The Labrador Duck: Another Specimen, with Additional Data Respecting Extant Specimens". The Auk. 11 (1): 4–12. doi:10.2307/4067622. ISSN 0004-8038. JSTOR 4067622.
- ^ Chilton, Glen. The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Print.
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