Rēkohu shelduck
| Rēkohu shelduck | |
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Extinct (c.1500)
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Tadorna |
| Species: | †T. rekohu
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tadorna rekohu (Rawlence et al., 2025)[1]
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The Rēkohu shelduck (Tadorna rekohu) is an extinct species of shelduck that was endemic to the Chatham Islands, and was closely related to the Paradise shelduck of New Zealand. It went extinct after settlement by Moriori c. 1500.
References
- ^ Rawlence, N. J.; Lubbe, P.; Adams, A. L.; Shepherd, L. D.; Cole, T. L.; Knapp, M.; Llamas, B.; Wood, J. R.; Mitchell, K. J.; Tennyson, A. J. D. (2025). "Ancient DNA and morphometrics reveal a new species of extinct insular shelduck from Rēkohu Chatham Islands". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 204 (3) zlaf069. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaf069.