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99 / Recently extinct
Labrador Duck
Camptorhynchus labradorius
This small sea duck had a specialized bill for feeding in shallow coastal water.
Structured expansion · editorial review pending
- Time range
- Prehistory–about 1878
- Final stage
- 19th century
- Geographic range
- Northwestern Atlantic coast of North America
01 / ANSWER FIRST
What was Labrador Duck?
This archive records Labrador Duck under the scientific name Camptorhynchus labradorius, with an age of Prehistory–about 1878 and a range of Northwestern Atlantic coast of North America. This small sea duck had a specialized bill for feeding in shallow coastal water.
Labrador ducks probably wintered around New England and bred farther north, but their nesting grounds remain unknown. They were already scarce when naturalists began recording them.
02 / QUICK FACTS
Labrador Duck at a glance
- Scientific name
- Camptorhynchus labradorius
- Age
- Prehistory–about 1878
- Last recorded stage
- 19th century
- Known range
- Northwestern Atlantic coast of North America
- Broad group
- bird
- Archive era
- Recently extinct
- Habitat signals
- Ocean
- Documented regions
- North America
03 / ANATOMY
How was Labrador Duck built?
Overall body plan
This small sea duck had a specialized bill for feeding in shallow coastal water.
Beak, skull and feeding structures
The available record is interpreted through preserved proportions, attachment surfaces, wear and comparison with related organisms. For Labrador Duck, those observations must be separated from features added only for visual reconstruction.
Wings, legs and locomotion
Labrador ducks probably wintered around New England and bred farther north, but their nesting grounds remain unknown. They were already scarce when naturalists began recording them.
Growth and individual variation
A single specimen does not define the whole species. Size, maturity, preservation and possible sex differences are considered before anatomical traits are treated as typical of Labrador Duck.
04 / DIET & BEHAVIOUR
How did Labrador Duck live?
Labrador ducks probably wintered around New England and bred farther north, but their nesting grounds remain unknown. They were already scarce when naturalists began recording them. This ecological reconstruction is strongest where anatomy, associated organisms and the depositional setting point in the same direction.
05 / DIET & BEHAVIOUR
What shaped its ecological limits?
Its populations depended on nesting sites, food supply, predators and habitat continuity. Changes in any one factor did not necessarily cause immediate extinction, but interacting pressures could reduce range, recruitment and resilience.
06 / RANGE & HABITAT
Where and when did Labrador Duck live?
This archive currently lists Prehistory–about 1878; Northwestern Atlantic coast of North America. Fossil or historical occurrence data describe where evidence has been found, not every place the taxon once occupied. Species-level age and range limits still require source-specific review.
Documented geographic range
Northwestern Atlantic coast of North America. This boundary can change when specimens are reidentified or new localities are published.
Time window
Prehistory–about 1878, with the final recorded stage listed as 19th century. Rock units and dating uncertainty mean the true biological range may extend beyond the known record.
Environmental setting
The archive uses the broad habitat labels Ocean. These labels help explore related records; a habitat reconstruction requires evidence from individual localities.
07 / FOSSIL EVIDENCE
What evidence supports reconstructions of Labrador Duck?
Primary record
Museum skins, market records, a few observations and bill anatomy are the surviving evidence.
Comparative anatomy
Preserved structures are compared with close and functionally similar organisms. The method can constrain posture and function, but analogy alone cannot prove colour, behaviour or soft tissue.
Age and locality
Stratigraphy and occurrence records place Labrador Duck within Prehistory–about 1878 and Northwestern Atlantic coast of North America. Reworked fossils and uncertain provenance are treated cautiously.
Open entity records
Links below connect the archive to available taxonomic and occurrence records. A matching name does not verify every ecological claim, and related-taxon links provide comparison rather than an exact species match.
08 / DISAPPEARANCE & DEBATE
Why did Labrador Duck disappear?
Food decline, coastal change and hunting are plausible, but no single cause is proven.
The last fossil or observation marks the youngest evidence currently known, not necessarily the death of the final individual. Explanations are strongest when timing, environmental change and population biology agree; otherwise the profile preserves uncertainty instead of assigning a single dramatic cause.
09 / FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Labrador Duck FAQ
What was Labrador Duck?
This archive records Labrador Duck under the scientific name Camptorhynchus labradorius, with an age of Prehistory–about 1878. This small sea duck had a specialized bill for feeding in shallow coastal water.
When did Labrador Duck live?
The current archive range is Prehistory–about 1878; its youngest recorded stage is 19th century.
Where was Labrador Duck found?
The archive currently lists Northwestern Atlantic coast of North America. Species-level locality assignments and the full geographic range still require source-specific review.
How do scientists know about Labrador Duck?
Museum skins, market records, a few observations and bill anatomy are the surviving evidence.
04 / SOURCES & FURTHER READING
Check the source record
Use the scientific name to compare taxonomy, occurrence records and the fossil record. Database coverage and classifications may differ.
05 / REVISION HISTORY
How has this record changed?
- Completed an AI-assisted bilingual audit of the archive record, corrected identified issues and clarified evidence limits; independent editorial review is pending.
- Expanded into a structured bilingual profile with anatomy, ecology, range, evidence, debate and FAQs; independent editorial review is pending.
- Verified authoritative entity sources and added three responsive reconstruction sizes.
- Initial bilingual species record published.
06 / CORRECTIONS & ADDITIONS