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Anas melleri (Meller's Duck)

Wikipedia Abstract

Meller's Duck (Anas melleri) is a species of the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is endemic to eastern Madagascar. Although a population was established on Mauritius in the mid-18th century, this is on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss and competition by feral domestic ducks. The species name of this species is after the botanist Charles James Meller, and its generic name is from the Ancient Greek for a duck.
View Wikipedia Record: Anas melleri

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Anas melleri

Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  2.12 lbs (960 g)
Birth Weight [2]  45 grams
Female Weight [1]  2.01 lbs (911 g)
Male Weight [1]  2.23 lbs (1.01 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  10.9 %
Clutch Size [3]  7

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Map Climate Land
Use
Madagascar lowland forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
Madagascar mangroves Madagascar Afrotropic Mangroves
Madagascar subhumid forests Madagascar Afrotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Mantadia National Park II 38395 Madagascar
Ranomafana National Park II 100646 Madagascar  
Réserve Naturelle Intégrale d'Andringitra National Park II 76961 Madagascar

Important Bird Areas

BirdLife Species Factsheet: View Factsheet
Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Map   Climate   Land Use 
Andringitra National Park Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Ankaizina Wetlands Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Bezavona Classified Forest Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Kalambatritra Special Reserve Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Lake Alaotra Madagascar A1, A2, A3, A4i
Lake Itasy Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Mahavavy Kinkony Wetland Madagascar A1, A2, A3, A4i
North Pangalanes wetlands Madagascar A1, A3, A4i
Ranomafana National Park Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Relict forests of central plateau Mauritius A1, A2  
Torotorofotsy Wetlands Madagascar A1, A2, A3
Vondrozo Classified Forest and surrounding areas Madagascar A1, A2, A3

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website Map
Madagascar and the Indian Ocean Islands Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles Yes

Institutions (Zoos, etc.)

    Maps
Institution Infraspecies / Breed 
Beale Park
Blackbrook Zoological Park
Bristol Zoo Gardens
Cologne Zoo
Curraghs Wildlife Park
Dudley Zoological Gardens
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Edinburgh Zoo-Scottish National Zoo
Isle of Wight Zoo
London Wetland Centre (W&WT)
Louisville Zoological Garden
Paignton Zoo Environmental Park
Parc Merveilleux
Parc Zoologique De Cleres (MNHN)
Safaripark Beekse Bergen
Slimbridge New Grounds W&WTrust
Valencia Bioparc, Rainforest S.A.
Washington Waterfowl Park W&WT
Wroclaw Zoo, LLC
Zoo de Fuengirola (Rain Forest SL)
Zoo Zürich
Zoologicka zahrada Ostrava
Zoologická a botanická zahrada Plzen

Range Map

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External References

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Citations

Species recognized by Peterson A.P., 23-Jan-2007, ITIS Global: The Integrated Taxonomic Information System in Catalog of Life 2011
Endangered Status provided by IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2 <www.iucnredlist.org> Downloaded on 11 April 2013.
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Young, G. H. 1991. Sexual dimorphism in Meller's duck Anas melleri. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 111: 225-228 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 gis.wwfus.org/wildfinder
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators.
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Biodiversity Hotspots, Conservation International
Important Bird Areas provided by BirdLife International (2010) Important Bird Areas. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 29/12/2010
Images provided by Wikimedia Commons licensed under a Creative Commons License
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Range map provided by BirdLife International (2011) Bird species distribution maps of the world.
Weather provided by NOAA METAR Data Access
Institution information provided by International Species Information System - May 2011