Talk:Auckland Island merganser

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Requested move 10 November 2023

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The result of the move request was: Moved: unopposed and was already relisted twice (closed by non-admin page mover) BegbertBiggs (talk) 20:29, 1 December 2023 (UTC)

New Zealand merganser → Auckland Island merganser – New Zealand merganser is the IOC name. However, this appears to be out-of-date. New Zealand Birds Online says, "In addition to the Auckland Island merganser, there was a separate merganser species on the Chatham Islands (Mergus milleneri). Merganser fossils from mainland New Zealand cannot yet be assigned to either of the named species."

The authoritative Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand (5th edition, 2022) says, "The English name for this species should be Auckland Island merganser rather than New Zealand merganser, following M. Williams et al. (2014). The only historical records are from Auckland and Adams Islands in the Auckland Islands / Maukahuka; the last specimens were apparently a pair shot on 9 Jan. 1902, and the species is now extinct (Kear & Scarlett 1970; M. Williams 2012). Holocene bones found on Enderby Island (Tennyson 2020a). The specific identity of North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island / Rakiura Mergus bones is unresolved (M. Williams et al. 2014)."

The New Zealand Birds Online page cited above also says, "A total of 27 specimens are known to have been obtained from the Auckland Islands. Merganser bones found in natural deposits and Maori middens at sites on North, South, and Stewart Islands are possibly referable to the same species."

Columbianmammoth (talk) 17:07, 10 November 2023 (UTC) — Relisting. Seawolf35 (talk - email) 18:31, 17 November 2023 (UTC) — Relisting.   Arbitrarily0   ( talk ) 19:06, 24 November 2023 (UTC)