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Réunion Shelduck
Plate 1 of 2. (c) Julian P. Hume, published with H. Glyn Young and Simon J. Tonge, algunos derechos reservados (CC BY-SA) · via iNaturalist
IUCN EX · Extinct

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Reunion Shelduck

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Réunion Shelduck

Alopochen kervazoi

The Réunion shelduck or Kervazo's Egyptian goose (Alopochen kervazoi) is an extinct species of goose from Réunion. It was a close relative of the Egyptian goose and was about the same size. There is only one description remaining, that of Dubois made in 1674. He merely mentions that they were similar to European geese but smaller, with the bill and feet being red. Apart from that, the species is only known from brief reports and subfossil...

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 93697.