Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Anseriformes > Anatidae > Anas > Anas melleriAnas melleri (Meller's Duck)Meller's duck (Anas melleri) is a species of the dabbling duck genus Anas. It is endemic to eastern Madagascar. Although a population was established on Mauritius in the mid-18th century, this is on the verge of extinction due to habitat loss and competition by feral domestic ducks. The species name of this species is after the botanist Charles James Meller, and its generic name is from the Ancient Greek for a duck. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 1.4844 EDGE Score: 2.98947 |
Adult Weight [1] | 2.116 lbs (960 g) | Birth Weight [2] | 45 grams | Female Weight [4] | 2.008 lbs (911 g) | Male Weight [4] | 2.227 lbs (1.01 kg) | Weight Dimorphism [4] | 10.9 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Granivore, Herbivore | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 20 % | Diet - Plants [3] | 50 % | Diet - Seeds [3] | 30 % | Forages - Ground [3] | 20 % | Forages - Water Surface [3] | 80 % | ![](/img/transp.gif) | Clutch Size [6] | 7 | Clutches / Year [1] | 1 | Incubation [5] | 28 days | Snout to Vent Length [1] | 26 inches (66 cm) |
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Andringitra National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Ankaizina Wetlands |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Bezavona Classified Forest |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Kalambatritra Special Reserve |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lake Alaotra |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Lake Itasy |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Mahavavy Kinkony Wetland |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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North Pangalanes wetlands |
Madagascar |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Ranomafana National Park |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Relict forests of central plateau |
Mauritius |
A1, A2 |
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Torotorofotsy Wetlands |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Vondrozo Classified Forest and surrounding areas |
Madagascar |
A1, A2, A3 |
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![](/img/rangekey.png) Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Terje Lislevand, Jordi Figuerola, and Tamás Székely. 2007. Avian body sizes in relation to fecundity, mating system, display behavior, and resource sharing. Ecology 88:1605 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Young, G. H. 1991. Sexual dimorphism in Meller's duck Anas melleri. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 111: 225-228 ♦ 5del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 6Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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