| Paakniwatavis | |
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| Paakniwatavis holotype | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Genus: | †Paakniwatavis Musser & Clarke, 2024 |
| Species: | †P. grandei
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| Binomial name | |
| †Paakniwatavis grandei Musser & Clarke, 2024
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Paakniwatavis (meaning "Water Spirit bird") is a genus of extinct waterfowl from the early Eocene Green River Formation of Wyoming, United States. The genus contains a single species, P. grandei, known from a partial skeleton with a skull.