Labrador Duck
Camptorhynchus labradorius(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Labrador Duck
The Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: formerly coastal northeastern North America; extinct, last reported 1875Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Camptorhynchus labradorius
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Extinct
- English (US)
- Labrador Duck
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas labradoria
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- arctic America, Connecticut, and Labrador.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.537
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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