Blue Duck
Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos - Canard bleu
Systematics
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Order:
Anseriformes
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Family:
Anatidés
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Genus:
Hymenolaimus
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Species:
malacorhynchos
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 54 cm
- Wingspan: -
- Weight: 680 à 1077 g
Longevity
7 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Blue Duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos malacorhynchos (New Zealand)
- Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos hymenolaimus ()
Foreign names
- Canard bleu,
- Pato azul,
- pato-azul,
- Saumschnabelente,
- karimáscsőrű réce,
- Blauwe Eend,
- Anatra blu,
- blåand,
- Kaskadeand,
- vahia modrá,
- kachna měkkozobá,
- Newzealandsk Strømand,
- vuorisorsa,
- ànec blau,
- krzywonos,
- Синяя утка,
- アオヤマガモ,
- 山鸭,
- 山藍鴨,
Habitat
Forest : Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)
Sources of information
- Vol. 1 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliot-Jordi Sargatal
- Blue Duck (Whio) Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos recovery plan., Adams, J.; Cunningham, D.; Molloy, J.; Phillipson, S.
- Fast and furious. Forest and Bird, Young, D.
- Threatened birds of the world, Barcelona and Cambridge, UK
- Ducks, Geese and Swans, Kear, J
- The Blue Duck of New Zealand., Kear, J
- The Food and Feeding Apparatus of the Blue Duck Hymenolaimus. Ibis, Kear, J and Burton, PJK
- Aspects of Social Behaviour in the Blue Duck., Kear, J and Steel
- Wildfowl: An identification guide to the ducks geese and swans of the world, Madge, S and Burn, H
- Whio: Saving New Zealand’s Blue Duck., Young, D
- Blue Duck (Whio) Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos recovery plan., Adams, J.; Cunningham, D.; Molloy, J.; Phillipson
- Roost habitat of a North Island blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) population. , Baillie, B. R.; Glaser, A. B.
- Operation Ark success four years on., Bain, H.
- Blue ducks breed on Mt Taranaki., Biswell, S.
- Translocation of blue duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos to Egmont National Park. Progress report 2005-2006. (unpublished), Caskey, D.A. and Peet, N.B.
- Conservation breeding and avian diversity: chances and challenges, Collar, N. J.; Butchart, S. H. M.
- Factors affecting the distribution of Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos., Collier, K. J.; Moralee, S. J.; Wakelin, M. D.
- Whio/blue duck (Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos) recovery plan: 2009-2019., Glaser, A.; van Klink, P.; Elliott, G.; Edge, K-A.
- The field guide to the birds of New Zealand., Heather, B. D.; Robertson, H. A.
- An attempt to establish a new, viable population of Blue Duck Hymenolaimus malacorrhynchos in Egmont National Park., Hutchinson, W.
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes