User:Dumelow/Trevor (duck)

Invasive species of Niue

https://niue-data.sprep.org/system/files/niue_national_invasive_species_strategy-and-action-plan-2013-2020_38p.pdf

https://www.gbif.org/dataset/7a636a97-aab5-48b1-82fd-55ee4d94ad53

Plants
http://hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii/articles/pier/pier_niue_report.pdf

https://www.sprep.org/att/IRC/eCOPIES/INVASIVE%20SPECIES/niue.pdf

Marine
--- Named after the Speaker of the House of Representatives in New Zealand, Trevor Mallard. Tourists visited him to take photographs. Locals fed him and topped up the puddle he had settled in with water (inc the fire brigade). New Zealand high commissioner in Niue Kirk Yates said "Everyone’s familiar with Trevor". Not known how he got to the remote island. Speculation that he could have flown the entire distance or else stowed away on a yacht. Niue has a lack of wetlands and ponds suitable for ducks. Puddle had been drying up due to a lack of rain. A former High Coommissioner helped feed him. Only duck on the island, sometimes in conflict with wild roosters over food. Department for agriculture, forestry and fisheries considered relocating him, bringing in a companion duck or installing decoys to prevent him from becoming lonely. Compared with Nigel the gannet who lived alone on Mana Island until his death in February 2018. Mallard said he was "honoured" to have the duck named after him.

described as the "loneliest duck in the world". 100 square miles, one of the smallest countries in the world. A boat came into the harbour 3 days before the duck was first seen,

Died January 2019 after being attacked by dogs. Mallard sent his sympathies. Duck brought to attention by deputy political editor of the New Zealand Herald, Claire Trevett. Believed to have been blown over in a storm in January 2018. Presumed from NZ Byt may have come from Tonga or antoherPacific island. Described as "an inadvertent ambassador for the island"

Flew around the island and fed from peas, corn and oats left out by residents on their lawns. Became friendly with a rooster, a chicken and a weka who lived near the puddle.