A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam Island, southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas)

Olson, Storrs L.; Jouventin, P.

dc.contributor.author	Olson, Storrs L.	en
dc.contributor.author	Jouventin, P.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2008-11-24T20:51:45Z
dc.date.available	2008-11-24T20:51:45Z
dc.date.issued	1996
dc.identifier.citation	Olson, Storrs L. and Jouventin, P. 1996. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/6536">A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam Island, southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas)</a>." <em>The Condor</em>. 98 (1):1–9.	en
dc.identifier.issn	0010-5422
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10088/6536
dc.description.abstract	The islands of Amsterdam and St. Paul each appear to have been inhabited by endemic populations of ducks that were exterminated by humans or human-introduced mammals in the past two hundred years. The duck from St. Paul is known only from a historical account in 1793. Abundant bone remains of a duck from Amsterdam Island are described as a new species, Anas marecula. This was a small, teal-sized species with very reduced wings and pectoral girdle, so that it was certainly flightless. The short, pointed bill suggests a possible derivation of the species from an ancestor related to the widgeons formerly segregated in the genus Mareca.	en
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dc.relation.ispartof	The Condor	en
dc.title	A new species of small flightless duck from Amsterdam Island, southern Indian Ocean (Anatidae: Anas)	en
dc.type	Journal Article	en
dc.identifier.srbnumber	75172
rft.jtitle	The Condor
rft.volume	98
rft.issue	1
rft.spage	1
rft.epage	9
dc.description.SIUnit	NMNH	en
dc.description.SIUnit	NH-Vertebrate Zoology	en
dc.citation.spage	1
dc.citation.epage	9