Trevor (duck) explained

Species:Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)
Gender:Male
Death Date:January 2019
Nationality:Niue
Known:Unexplained arrival
Namedafter:Trevor Mallard

Trevor (died January 2019) was a mallard duck that arrived in Niue, a self-governing island country in free association with New Zealand, in January 2018.

Life

Trevor began receiving media attention when The New Zealand Herald journalist Claire Trevett encountered the duck on a visit to Niue and reported on his appearance in an article published in September 2018, at which point Trevor's story gained coverage from worldwide news sources. Mallard ducks are not endemic to Niue, and the country's habitat is not suitable for them, as Niue lacks any surface fresh water which mallards require. Commentators hypothesised that he was either blown off course by a storm or stowed away on a ship, as the distance from New Zealandwhere mallards have been introducedis too great for the duck to have flown under his own effort. Hundreds of kilometers from any other duck and without a mate, he was known as "the world's loneliest duck", although accompanied by a rooster, a chicken and a weka. Trevor lived in a roadside puddle as a local celebrity, which was refilled by the Niue Fire Service when it began to dry out.

Trevor was named after Trevor Mallard, Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives. As Niue is freely-associated with New Zealand, political scientists have described this as a use of geopolitical soft power. The Foreign Minister of New Zealand arranged for veterinarians from Auckland to assist Niue's Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in caring for the duck.

Death

On January 23, 2019, a Facebook page named after Trevor expressed dismay that Trevor had not been seen in his regular habitat. Two days later, on January 25, a follow-up post confirmed that Trevor had been "seen dead in the bush after being attacked by dogs". Trevor was mourned locally and Niue received condolences from around the world, including from his namesake politician.

References

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Notes and References

  1. News: Lauren . Beldi . 2018-09-06 . Trevor is 'the world's loneliest duck', and now he's facing a housing crisis . en . ABC News . https://web.archive.org/web/20180907070248/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-09-07/trevor-the-worlds-loneliest-duck-is-facing-a-housing-crisis/10210528 . 2018-09-07 . live .
  2. Gavin . Butler . 2019-01-29 . Trevor, the world's loneliest duck, is dead . en . Vice . https://web.archive.org/web/20241115190916/https://www.vice.com/en/article/trevor-the-worlds-loneliest-duck-is-dead/ . 2024-11-15 . live .
  3. News: Allyson . Chiu . 2019-01-29 . 'Fly on, Trevor': Pacific island mourns death of the 'world's loneliest duck' . en . The Washington Post . https://web.archive.org/web/20190129163210/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/01/29/fly-trevor-pacific-island-mourns-death-worlds-loneliest-duck/?utm_term=.63f94e688e4b . 2019-01-29 . live .
  4. Book: Stanley . Cramp . Stanley Cramp . K. E. L. . Simmons . Ken Simmons . I. J. . Ferguson-Lees . James Ferguson-Lees . Robert . Gillmor . Robert Gillmor . P. A. D. . Hollom . Philip Hollom . Robert . Hudson . E. M. . Nicholson . Edward Max Nicholson . M. A. . Ogilvie . Malcolm Ogilvie . P. J. S. . Olney . K. H. . Voous . Karel Voous . Jan . Wattel . 1977 . Handbook of the Birds of Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa: The Birds of the Western Palearctic . The Birds of the Western Palearctic . 1: Ostrich to Ducks . en . 978-0-19-857358-6 . 13791970 . 6725264W .
  5. John . Dyer . Murray . Williams . 2010 . An introduction most determined: Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) to New Zealand . en . Notornis . 57 . 4 . 178–195 .
  6. Book: Derek . Futaiasi . Priestley . Habru . Maima . Koro . William . Waqavakatoga . Henrietta . McNeill . 2023 . Lalaga, tithiki, talia vata: Pacific Islands weaving statecraft . Adelaide Papers on Pacific Security . en . . 1409565437 . .
  7. News: Kate . Lyons . 2018-09-07 . Trevor the lonely duck gets tiny island of Niue in a flap . en . The Guardian . https://web.archive.org/web/20180907064656/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/trevor-the-lonely-duck-gets-tiny-island-of-niue-in-a-flap . 2018-09-07 . live .
  8. News: Roger . Maynard . 2018-09-10 . Lonely duck blows in to remote Pacific island of Nuie . en . The Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20180910035958/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lonely-duck-blows-in-to-remote-pacific-island-of-nuie-r56cnb8n6 . 2018-09-10 . live .
  9. Clint . Parks . 2024-10-09 . Niue's fight to sustain itself . en . National Geographic . https://web.archive.org/web/20240926120647/https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/niues-fight-sustain-itself/ . 2024-09-26 . live .
  10. Winston . Peters . Winston Peters . Heather Hastie . 2019-01-17 . RE: 1862 . en . . https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2019/01/16/trevor-the-duck-is-okay/ . https://web.archive.org/web/20221225234931/https://whyevolutionistrue.com/2019/01/16/trevor-the-duck-is-okay/ . 2022-12-25 . live .
  11. News: Claire . Trevett . 2018-09-05 . The sorry tale of Niue's only duck . en . The New Zealand Herald . https://web.archive.org/web/20201022055005/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/claire-trevett-the-sorry-tale-of-niues-only-duck/F6AWJJHKQXO3EKI4SHISGC6V5A/ . 2020-10-22 . live .
  12. News: Daniel . Victor . 2019-01-29 . 'World's loneliest duck' dies on tiny Pacific island that loved him . en . The New York Times . https://web.archive.org/web/20190129140700/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/29/world/asia/niue-loneliest-duck.html . 2019-01-29 . live .
  13. News: Alan . Weedon . 2019-01-27 . Niue says goodbye to its famous solitary duck, Trevor . en . ABC News . https://web.archive.org/web/20241115185654/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-28/niue-says-goodbye-to-trevor-its-only-duck/10754258 . 2024-11-15 . live .
  14. Book: Christopher . Wheeler . Paul . Aharon . 2004 . Geology and hydrogeology of Niue . 537–564 . en . Geology and Hydrogeology of Carbonate Islands . H. Leonard . Vacher . Terrence M. . Quinn . Developments in Sedimentology . 54 . 10.1016/S0070-4571(04)80039-6 . 1162020033 . 16971143W .

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