Biziura

Genus of birds

Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one subfossil species.

Species

• †B. delautouri Forbes, 1892 – New Zealand musk duck – previously endemic to New Zealand, and occurring on both North and South Islands, but now extinct.^[1]

References

1. Worthy, Trevor H. (2002). "The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892)" (PDF). Notornis. 49 (1): 19–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-18.