Auckland Island merganser

New Zealand merganser
Temporal range: Late Holocene
Stuffed specimen from 1902

Extinct (c.1902)  (IUCN 3.1)

Extinct (c.1902) (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Mergus
Species:
M. australis
Binomial name
Mergus australis

The New Zealand merganser (Mergus australis) (Māori: Miuweka), also known as Auckland merganser or Auckland Islands merganser, was a typical merganser which is now extinct.

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