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Anas laysanensis

Topic Categories: ConservationEndangered SpeciesImage of the Day
Posted on: January 23, 2008 2:59 PM, by "GrrlScientist"

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The critically endangered Laysan Duck, Anas laysanensis, has had a very successful 2007 breeding season, say US Wildlife Biologists. Population numbers have quadrupled since 42 individuals were moved across the Pacific and released at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in the US in 2004.

Image: JH Breedan, Rare Birds Yearbook [larger size].

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Given it's been so successful, Shouldn't it be "Anas laysaneggsis?

Bob

Posted by: Bob O'H | January 24, 2008 12:54 AM

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