Auckland Island merganser

Auckland Island merganser
Temporal range: Late Holocene
Stuffed specimen from 1902

Extinct (c.1902)  (IUCN 3.1)

Extinct (c.1902) (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Mergus
Species:
†M. australis
Binomial name
†Mergus australis
  Original range of the Auckland Island merganser

The Auckland Island merganser (Mergus australis) (Māori: Miuweka), also known as the New Zealand merganser, is an extinct species of typical merganser.

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