Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one subfossil species.
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| Australian musk duck, Biziura lobata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Anatinae |
| Genus: | Biziura Stephens, 1824 |
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Species
edit| 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]
References
edit- ^ Worthy, Trevor H. (2002). "The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892)" (PDF). Notornis. 49 (1): 19–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-18.
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