New Zealand Merganser (Mergus australis)

Posted on 31 December, 1902 in Extinct • Tagged with New Zealand (Auckland Islands), family-ANATIDAE, extinct-1900s

Year Last Seen:

1902

Comments:

This species was formerly found on the Auckland Islands, New Zealand, but it is now Extinct, primarily due to hunting. It was last recorded in 1902, and had been lost by the time a reserve was set up on the islands in 1910.

Habitat:

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