Mariana mallard

Mariana mallard
The last Mariana mallard drake, a bird of the "superciliosa" morph.

Extinct (1981) (ESA)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Anas
Species:
†A. oustaleti
Binomial name
†Anas oustaleti
Salvadori, 1894
Former distribution of the Mariana mallard
Synonyms
  • Anas superciliosa oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 Hartert, 1930
  • Polionetta oustaleti (Salvadori, 1894) Kuroda, 1922
  • Anas platyrhynchos oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 Delacour and Mayr, 1945
  • Anas poecilorhyncha oustaleti Salvadori, 1894 lapsus?

The Mariana mallard or Oustalet's duck (Anas oustaleti) is an extinct species of duck of the genus Anas that was endemic to the Mariana Islands. Its taxonomic status is debated, and it has variously been treated as a full species, a subspecies of the mallard or of the Pacific black duck, or sometimes as a subspecies of the Indian spot-billed duck.