Anas nesiotis (Fleming, 1935:1)
Campbell teal, Campbell Island teal
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonyms: Xenonetta nesiotis J.H. Fleming, 1935: Occas. Papers Roy. Ontario Mus., Zool. 1: 1 – Campbell Island.; Anas castanea nesiotis (J.H. Fleming, 1935:1); Checklist Committee 1953, Checklist N.Z. Birds: 35.; Anas aucklandica nesiotis (J.H. Fleming, 1935:1); Checklist Committee 1990, Checklist Birds N.Z.: 104.
Conservation Status
Last record: 1886
Rediscovered in 1975
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Campbell Island (Motu Ihupuku) 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.
Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2010). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand, Norfolk and Macquarie Islands, and the Ross Dependency, Antarctica (4th ed.). Ornithological Society of New Zealand & Te Papa Press, Wellington. [p. 45]
Checklist Committee (OSNZ). (2022). Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand (5th edition). Ornithological Society of New Zealand Occasional Publication No. 1. Wellington: Ornithological Society of New Zealand. [p. 34]
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.
McClelland, P. J. (2002). An assessment of the success of a recently introduced population of Campbell Island teal (Anas nesiotis) on Codfish Island (Whenua Hou Nature Reserve) and implications for returning teal to Campbell Island. Unpublished M.App.Sci. thesis. Lincoln, New Zealand: Lincoln University. 97 pp.
Miskelly, Colin M. and Powlesland, Ralph G. (2013). Conservation translocations of New Zealand birds, 1863-2012. Notornis 60: 3-28.
Scheffers, Brett R., Yong, Ding Li, Harris, J. Berton C., Giam, Xingli and Sodhi, Navjot S. (2011). The world’s rediscovered species: back from the brink? PLoS ONE 6(7): e22531. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0022531 [Supporting Information (Table S1)]
Vance, Andrea. (9 March, 2025). The tiny, nocturnal duck that survived the odds. The Post (news). Available at: https://www.thepost.co.nz/environment/360602551/tiny-nocturnal-duck-survived-odds [Accessed 19 March 2025]
Williams, M. J. and Robertson, C. J. R. (1996). The Campbell Island teal Anas aucklandica nesiotis: history and review. Wildfowl 47: 134-165.