Laysan duck  (Anas laysanensis)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (28/01/08) by Dr Michelle Reynolds, Pacific Seabirds and Ducks Project Leader, Pacific Island Ecosystem Research Center, Hawaii.

Glossary

Endemic: A species or taxonomic group that is only found in one particular country or geographic area.
Hypersaline: Salinity greater than that of seawater.
Invertebrates: Animals with no backbone.
Larvae: Stage in an animal's lifecycle after it hatches from the egg. Larvae are typically very different in appearance to adults; they are able to feed and move around but usually are unable to reproduce.
Translocation: The movement of a species, by people, from one area to another.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (July, 2009)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. BirdLife International (March, 2004)
    http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=437&m=0
  3. CITES (July, 2009)
    http://www.cites.org/
  4. USFWS. (2004) Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis). U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Portland, Oregon.
  5. Kear, J. (2005) Ducks, Geese and Swans. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
  6. Reynolds, M. (2008) Pers. Comm.
  7. James, H.F. and Olson, S.L. (1991) Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part II. Passeriformes. Ornithological Monographs, 46: 1 - 88.
  8. Cooper, A., Rhymer, J., James, H.F., Olson, S.L., McIntosh, C.E., Sorenson, M.D. and Fleischer, R.C. (1996) Ancient DNA and island endemics. Nature, 381: 484.
  9. Reynolds, M. and Klavitter, J. (2006) Translocation of wild Laysan duck Anas laysanensis to establish a population at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge, United States and US Pacific Possession. Conservation Evidence, 3: 6 - 8.
  10. Reynolds, M.H. (2004) Habitat Use and Home Range of the Laysan Teal on Laysan Island, Hawaii. Waterbirds, 27 (2): 183 - 192.
  11. Moulton, D.W. and Weller, M.W. (1984) Biology and conservation of the Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis). The Condor, 86 (2): 105 - 117.
  12. Reynolds, M.H., Slotterback, J.W. and Walters, J.R. (2006) Diet composition and terrestrial prey selection of the Laysan teal on Laysan Island. Atoll Research Bulletin, 543: 181 - 199.
  13. Flint, E. and Rehkemper, C. (2002) Control and eradication of the introduced grass, Cenchrus echinatus, at Laysan Island, Central Pacific Ocean. In: Veitch, C.R. and Clout, M.N. Eds. Turning the Tide: The Eradication of Invasive Species. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Gland, Switzerland.
  14. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (January, 2008)
    http://www.fws.gov/Pacific/ecoservices/endangered/recovery/LaysanDuckTeam.htm
  15. Reynolds, M.H., Breeden Jr, J.H. and Klavitter, J.L. (2007) Translocation of wild Laysan teal from Laysan Island to Midway Atoll: Project Update. Wildfowl, 57: 54 - 67.