| Meller's duck | |
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| Sexes look alike. Note lack of supercilium. | |
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| Note color of speculum feathers | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Anas |
| Species: | A. melleri
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| Binomial name | |
| Anas melleri Sclater, PL, 1865
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| Distribution of the Meller's duck | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anas platyrhynchos melleri | |
Meller's duck (Anas melleri) is a species of the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is endemic to eastern Madagascar. Although a population was established on Mauritius in the mid-18th century, this is on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss and competition by feral domestic ducks.[2] The species name of this species is after the botanist Charles James Meller, and its generic name is from the Latin for "duck".
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Anas melleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22680225A92850618. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680225A92850618.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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