Laysan duck or Laysan teal, Anas laysanensis, the rarest duck in the world ( Critically Endangered Species), Sand Island, Midway Atoll, USA

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Laysan duck or Laysan teal, Anas laysanensis, the rarest duck in the world ( Critically Endangered Species), the population was once reduced to 7 adults and 5 juveniles; a member of the mallard clade of dabbling ducks, Sand Island, Midway Atoll, Midway National Wildlife Refuge, Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument, Northwest Hawaiian Islands, USA ( North Pacific Ocean )

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Location: Sand Island, Midway Atoll, USA
Photo credit: © Doug Perrine / Alamy / Afripics
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