Biziura
| Biziura | |
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| Australian musk duck, Biziura lobata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Oxyurinae |
| Genus: | Biziura Stephens, 1824 |
| Species | |
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Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one fossil species.
Species
- B. lobata Stephens, 1824 – musk duck – Widely distributed through south-eastern Australia, south-west Western Australia and the Murray-Darling Basin.
- B. delautouri Forbes, 1892 – New Zealand musk duck – previously endemic to New Zealand, and occurring on both North and South Islands, but now extinct.
References
- Worthy, Trevor H. (2002). "The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892)" (PDF). Notornis 49 (1): 19–28.
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