Anas nesiotis (Fleming, 1935)
Campbell teal
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record: 1886
Rediscovered in 1975
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Campbell Island and Dent Island, New Zealand
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa:
Media
Above: Campbell Island Teal, Anas nesiotis, collected 19 October 1999, aviary, Mount Bruce Wildlife Reserve, Wairarapa, New Zealand. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (OR.026381)
Above: Campbell Island Teal, Anas nesiotis, collected 19 October 1999, aviary, Mount Bruce Wildlife Reserve, Wairarapa, New Zealand. CC BY 4.0. Te Papa (OR.026381)
References
Original scientific description:
Fleming, J. H. (1935). A new genus and species of flightless duck from Campbell Island. Occasional Papers of the Royal Ontario Museum of Zoology, No. 1.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2013). Anas nesiotis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013: e.T22724580A47995127. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T22724580A47995127.en. Downloaded on 24 August 2016.
Gummer, H. and Berry, R. (2007). First transfer of Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) to Campbell Island/Motu Ihupuku: husbandry and transfer. Department of Conservation Research & Development Series 260. Wellington, Department of Conservation.
McClelland, P. (2000). Re-introduction of the Campbell Island teal, New Zealand. Re-introduction News 19: 24-25.
Miskelly, Colin M. and Powlesland, Ralph G. (2013). Conservation translocations of New Zealand birds, 1863-2012. Notornis 60: 3-28.