Coues's gadwall

Coues's gadwall
Illustration of a male and female gadwall, with a male Coues's gadwall, by Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Extinct (1874)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Mareca
Species:
M. strepera
Subspecies:
†M. s. couesi
Trinomial name
†Mareca strepera couesi
(Streets, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Anas strepera couesi
  • Chaulelasmus couesi
    Streets, 1876

Coues's gadwall (Mareca strepera couesi) or the Washington Island gadwall, is an extinct dabbling duck which is only known by two immature specimens from the Pacific island of Teraina,[note 1] Line Islands, Kiribati.[2] They are in the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.[2] The bird was named in honor of Elliott Coues.

  1. ^ BirdLife International. (2016). "Mareca strepera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680149A86020572. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680149A86020572.en. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Luther was invoked but never defined (see the help page).


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