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	Auckland Islands Merganser - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It was not found in a 1909 search, and a thorough 1972/1973 exploration of possible habitat concluded that it was long extinct (Williams and Weller, 1974).
		Subsequent fossil discoveries suggest that this merganser was previously resident on the South Island and Stewart Island in New Zealand.
		There exists a short remark mentioning "a merganser" found on Campbell Island in McCormick (1842), but this may just as well refer to the semi-marine Campbell Island Teal which is otherwise missing in his notes: he only mentions the Pacific Black Duck ("a New Zealand species of duck").
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Auckland_Islands_Merganser (321 words)

	Mergus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For an overview of the duck, goose and swan family of birds, see Anatidae.
		Although they are seaducks, most of the mergansers prefer riverine habitats, only Red-breasted Merganser being common on the sea.
		Along with the Smew and Hooded Merganser, they are therefore often known as "sawbills".
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Merganser (105 words)

	PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS AND INCIPIENT FLIGHTLESSNESS OF THE EXTINCT AUCKLAND ISLANDS MERGANSER
		The Auckland Islands Merganser was not, as claimed by Luther (1967), flightless; individuals were observed in flight by Hutton and Ranfurly (fide Kear and Scarlett 1970).
		Although the introduction of exotic predators to the Auckland Islands, notably cats and pigs, posed a significant threat to the endemic birds of the Auckland Islands (Kear and Scarlett 1970), the reduced flight capacity ofM.
		Mergansers are capable divers and are largely piscivorous, but unlike several other genera of the Mergini (e.g., Somateria, Melanitta, and Clangula), are strictly foot-propelled divers, i.e., strokes of the feet provide the sole propulsion at submergence and for underwater loco- motion (Townsend 1909; Kelso 1922; Brooks 1945; Humphrey 1957, 1958).
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Wilson/v101n03/p0410-p0435.html (9644 words)

	ECOLOGICAL STUDIES OF THE AUCKLAND ISLANDS FLIGHTLESS TEAL (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Nest of Auckland Islands Flightless Teal in fern on Ewing Island.
		SUMMARY The Auckland Islands Flightless Teal occurs on all the islands of the Auckland group except the main island where cats and pigs abound.
		The islands are rugged in topography, with sheer cliffs in the west, and broad-based mountains rising to 668 m on Adams Island.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v092n02/p0280-p0297.html (11365 words)

	Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Antipodes Subantarctic Islands tundra (AA1101)
		Auckland and Campbell Islands are based on old shield volcanoes, with granite, greywacke, and schist basement rock exposed in many areas.
		Macquarie Island is geologically distinct and lies on the Indo-Australian and Pacific Plate boundary.
		The Macquarie Island population of southern elephant seals is intensively studied by the Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Tasmania, and is known to be declining at about 2 percent per annum.
	worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/aa/aa1101_full.html (2704 words)

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		The Auckland Island Merganser lived on islands near New Zealand.
		A relative of ducks and geese, it was an excellent swimmer and diver, and fed mainly on fish.
		In the 19th century pigs and cats were introduced to the islands, and by 1902 the species disappeared..
	www.megacom.net /~arkones/yowie/yffb11.html (46 words)

	Extinct birds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The taxonomy of the elephant birds is not fully resolved; it is almost certain that at least one taxon survived until Recent times, but it is not clear which species the reports refer to, if there were indeed more than one.
		Generally believed to have been extinct by 1500, this is the only moa species that according to current knowledge might have survived until later times, possibly as late as the 1830s.
		Officially critically endangered, it is known only from two specimens taken on an unspecified island at some date in the late 19th century, probably in 1884 or 1885.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Extinct_birds (7202 words)

	Extinct birds - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Moa females were larger than males, up to 150% of their size and 280% of their weight.
		Given the fact that ibis, but no dodo-like bones were found on Réunion and that old descriptions match a flightless Sacred Ibis quite well, the 'Réunion Solitaire' hypothesis has been refuted.
		Apteribis, a small flightless ibis from the Hawaiian Islands.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Extinct_birds (1392 words)

	Merginae - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All but two of the 20 species in this group occupy habitats in far northern latitudes.
		The fish-eating members of this group, such as the mergansers and Smew, have serrated edges to their bills to help them grip their prey.
		Other seaducks take molluscs or crustaceans from the sea floor.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Sea-duck (282 words)

	Mersanger Photo \| TrekNature
		Nice photo Alan, Brazilian Mergansers are very rare and i know a lot of conservation is going on at the moment, so your ID could be correct.
		Its definitely not an Auckland Island Merganser as the last one was shot 09 January 1902 at Carnley's Harbor on Auckland Island for the British Museum.
		Both are similar, cept the head is dark on the Brazilian and has longer trailing feathers on the back of the head, breast has horizontal bars, Auckland does not as this one shows.
	www.treknature.com /gallery/photo11080.htm (396 words)

	Bird Bibliography Part 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Spatial organization of the North Island brown kiwi Apteryx australis mantalli: sex, pairing status and territoriality.
		Livezey, B. Phylogenetic relationships and incipient flightlessness in the extinct Auckland Islands merganser.
		Hachisuka, M. The dodo and kindred birds, or the extinct birds of the Mascarene Islands.
	www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /birds/birddivresources/bibliog2.html (9177 words)

	UMMZ citations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		The Birds of Wallacea (Sulawesi, the Moluccas and Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia).
		Livezey, B. Evolutionary morphology of flightlessness in the Auckland Islands teal.
		Historical diversity of cormorants and shags from Amchitka Island, Alaska.
	www.ummz.lsa.umich.edu /birds/collpubls.html (6365 words)

	birding facts Birding Resources by the Fat Birder
		From New Zealand, the grey teal A. gracilis, Campbell Island teal A. nesiotis, and Auckland Island teal A. aucklandica are also included...
		The characteristics generally held in common by ducks when compared to geese and swans are the small body size, shorter necks, narrower wings which are more pointed, and wing beats which are more rapid.
		The West Indian Whistling-duck is widely scattered throughout most of the Caribbean from the Bahamas, Greater Antilles and adjacent islands and in a great number of the smaller archipelagos east to the Lesser Antilles...
	www.fatbirder.com /species_and_families/non_passerines/anatidae.html (2644 words)

	Auckland Islands Merganser - Mergus australis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
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		Search the gallery for photos of the Auckland Islands Merganser
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	Extinction: Aukland Island Merganser UWSP GEOG358 [Heywood]
		last shot 09 January 1902 at Carnley's Harbor on Auckland Island for the British Museum
		island tree-nesting freshwater shore dweller endemic to Auckland Islands, Pacific Ocean
		King, W. Endangered Birds of the World; The ICBP Bird Red Data Book QL676.7.K56 1981 ISBN 0-87474-584-5 Preamble 8
	www.uwsp.edu /geo/faculty/heywood/geog358/extinctb/AukIMerg.htm (89 words)

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		Each is done with legal to sell domestic waterfowl, and if a “wild” type is used, the appropriate paper work will be included for each species used to create your mount.
	www.aliveagainrecreations.com /sub_creations/index.html (256 words)

	Ducklings of Scoters, Golden-eyes, Mergansers and Stiff-tailed Ducks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-01)
		Ducklings of Scoters, Golden-eyes, Mergansers and Stiff-tailed Ducks
		North American Ruddy Duck,Hooded Merganser, Smew, Pervian Ruddy Duck, White-headed Duck, Goosanders, Red-Breasted Mergansers,
		Argentine Ruddy Duck, Masked Duck, Brazilian Merganser, Auckland Islands Merganser, Black-headed Duck, Maccoa Duck, Blue-billed Duck, Musk Duck, White-backed Ducks
	www.mawba.com /bamerganser.htm (63 words)

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