Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans)

Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)

Red List Category

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Justification of Red List category
This species was formerly distributed along the northeast coast of North America, but it is now Extinct as a result of hunting. There are no records since the collection of the last specimen, in 1875.

Population size: unknown

Population trend:

Country endemic: no

Attributes
Land-mass type - continent
Realm - Nearctic
IUCN System - Marine