Biziura | |
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Australian musk duck, Biziura lobata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Family: | Anatidae |
Subfamily: | Anatinae |
Genus: | Biziura Stephens, 1824 |
Species | |
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Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one subfossil species.
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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![]() | B. lobata Stephens, 1824 | musk duck | Widely distributed through south-eastern Australia, south-west Western Australia and the Murray-Darling Basin |
†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] | |