New Zealand Birds

11001-44401 Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi) extinct. A terrestrial grazer of grassland and open woodlands, and once one of the most common species in late Quaternary fossil deposits in the eastern districts of both islands. A sister species to Australia's maned goose (Chenonetta jubata). This skull is from TH Worthy's private collection *

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11001-44401 Finsch's duck (Chenonetta finschi) extinct. A terrestrial grazer of grassland and open woodlands, and once one of the most common species in late Quaternary fossil deposits in the eastern districts of both islands. A sister species to Australia's maned goose (Chenonetta jubata). This skull is from TH Worthy's private collection *

Finsch's duck 44401 Chenonetta finschi extinct late Quaternary fossil deposits Skull TH Worthy private collection