Biziura Explained

Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one subfossil species.

Species

• †B. delautouri Forbes, 1892 – New Zealand musk duck – previously endemic to New Zealand, and occurring on both North and South Islands, but now extinct.^[1]

Notes and References

1. . 2002 . The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892) . Notornis . 49 . 1 . 19–28 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081018060302/http://www.notornis.org.nz/free_issues/Notornis_49-2002/Notornis_49_1_19.pdf . 2008-10-18 .