Finsch's duck
Extinction
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==Extinction== |
==Extinction== |
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The species is thought to have become extinct due to human [[hunting]] and predation by [[introduced species]], particularly |
The species is thought to have become extinct due to human [[hunting]] and predation by [[introduced species]], particularly [[rat]]s. Like many large flightless New Zealand birds, its remains have been found in [[Māori people|Māori]] [[middens]]. [[Radiocarbon dating]] puts the youngest bones of the species as recently as between the 15th to the 17th centuries, and one account of a large flightless goose killed in [[Ōpōtiki]] suggests that the species might have survived until 1870.{{Cite book |last1=Tennyson |first1=A |title=Extinct Birds of New Zealand |last2=Martinson |first2=P. |publisher=Te Papa Press |year=2006 |isbn=978-0-909010-21-8 |location=Wellington}} |
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