Rēkohu shelduck
Extinct species of bird
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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.
| Rēkohu shelduck | |
|---|---|
Extinct (c.1500) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Tadorna |
| Species: | †T. rekohu |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tadorna rekohu (Rawlence et al., 2025)[1] | |
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