Amsterdam Duck

Mareca marecula

The Amsterdam wigeon, also known as the Amsterdam Island duck or Amsterdam duck, is an extinct species of anatid waterfowl, endemic to Île Amsterdam, the French Southern Territories. The flightless species is only known from bones and was presumably driven extinct by visiting sealers and the rats they introduced.

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