Labrador duck
camptorhynchus labradorius latin

The Labrador duck, with which it coexisted, may have been a prey item.

The Labrador Duck was a common bird on the Canadian coast until 19th century, but is now extinct.

The closest evolutionary relatives of the Labrador Duck are apparently the scoters (Melanitta).

The Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is an extinct North American bird.

Camptorhynchus, Labrador Duck (extinct)

The Labrador Duck fed on small molluscs, and some fishermen reported catching it on fishing lines baited with mussels.

Ducher, William (1894): The Labrador Duck - another specimen, with additional data respecting extant specimens.

The Labrador Duck, believed to have nested in Labrador, was one of the first North American bird species to be recorded as becoming extinct.

Among the species that have become extinct due to human activity are the passenger pigeon, dodo, British wild boar, Steller's sea cow, great auk, and Labrador duck.

Although all sea ducks readily feed on shallow-water molluscs, no Western Atlantic bird species seems to have been as dependent on such food as the Labrador Duck.

We blame our unenlightened, selfish, exploitive ancestors who killed off the Labrador duck, passenger pigeon and great auk and who brought the bison and whooping crane right to the brink.

It includes images of six now-extinct birds: Carolina Parakeet, Passenger Pigeon, Labrador Duck, Great Auk, Esquimaux Curlew, and Pinnated Grouse.

The Labrador Duck migrated annually, wintering off the coasts of New Jersey and New England-where it favoured southern sandy coasts, bays, and inlets-and breeding in Labrador in the summer.

On the pond, the resident mallard ducks paddle around a Labrador duck whose carved body sits immobile on the water; while on a rock nearby a hungry night heron, waiting for a fish to come by, stands as still as any statue.

Another, completely unrelated, duck with similar (but even more specialized) bill morphology is the Australian Pink-eared Duck, which feeds largely on plankton, but also mollusks; the condition in the Labrador Duck probably resembled that in the Blue Duck most in outward appearance.

The Labrador Duck (Camptorhynchus labradorius) is an extinct North American bird.

-Labrador Duck Camptorhynchus labradorius (extinct)