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Laysan Duck

Educational resources on Laysan Duck

Laysan Duck or Anas laysanensis is listed on the IUCN Red list (1996) as Vulnerable due to A1ace, D1+2 . IUCN Profile of the Laysan Duck

Academic web links for the Laysan Duck.


Anas laysanensis (Laysan Duck): Narrative
University of Michigan Museum of Zoolology data on the Laysan duck.
animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Anas_laysanensis.html

Introduction — Laysan Duck — Birds of ...
Introduction to this species, from Birds of North America Online, with a photograph and range map.
bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/242/articles/introduction

Laysan
The island is also home to the Laysan Finch (population around 7000) and Laysan Duck (population around 300), and contains a hypersaline (really salty) lake whose
atsea.nmfs.hawaii.edu/islands/laysan.htm

Video: Eastern Island (1/22/08): In Search of the Laysan Duck — MEM ...
On the rugged neighboring Eastern Island we are surrounded by more birds than you've probably ever seen. Here we find the endangered Laysan Duck, the world's most endangered duck.
www.nicholas.duke.edu/midway08/video-day-10

DIET COMPOSITION AND TERRESTRIAL PREY SELECTION OF THE LAYSAN TEAL ON ...
Laysan duck. The Birds of North America : Life Histories for the *1st Century ***, 1-*0. Moulton, D.W., and M.W. Weller 1***. Biology and conservation of the Laysan duck ( Anas
www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/duffy/arb/543/13.pdf

Just In From The Ship
The Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) has one of the most restricted ranges of any waterfowl. This unique little duck is now restricted to Laysan Island, but previously lived on many
atsea.nmfs.hawaii.edu/cr9903c.htm

Photo Gallery — Laysan Duck — Birds of ...
Laysan Duck: male left, female right
bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/242/galleries

Virginia Tech Research Magazine Winter 2007 Story
The Laysan duck was listed as an endangered species in 1967. Laysan Island is part of the Hawaiian Islands National Wildlife Refuge and has very restricted public access.
www.research.vt.edu/resmag/2007winter/walters.html

elibrary.unm.edu
Authors: Moulton, Daniel W., and Ann P. Marshall
elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v116n03/p0792-p0805.pdf

Figure 1. Distribution of the Laysan Duck. — Laysan Duck ...
Authors: Moulton, Daniel W., and Ann P. Marshall
bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/242/articles/species/242/galleries/figures/figure-1







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