Editing Labrador duck (section)

{{Short description|Extinct species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = NMNH-USNM77126-01-plain.jpg
| image_caption = Female specimen, [[Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History]] 
| image2 =  Camptorhynchus labradorius (Labrador duck) (8365390008).jpg
| image2_caption = Male, [[Field Museum of Natural History]]
| status = EX
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2016 |title=''Camptorhynchus labradorius'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T22680418A92862623 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22680418A92862623.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| status2 = GX
| status2_system = TNC
| status2_ref = <ref>{{cite web |title=''Camptorhynchus labradorius''. NatureServe Explorer 2.0 |url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.101134/Camptorhynchus_labradorius|website=explorer.natureserve.org |access-date=31 March 2022}}</ref>
| extinct = ~1878
| genus = Camptorhynchus
| parent_authority = [[Charles Lucien Bonaparte|Bonaparte]], 1838
| species = labradorius
| authority = ([[Johann Friedrich Gmelin|Gmelin, JF]], 1789)
| display_parents  = 2
| range_map = Camptorhynchus labradorius map.svg
}}

The '''Labrador duck''' ('''''Camptorhynchus labradorius''''') is an [[extinct]] North American [[duck]] species. It has the distinction of being the first known [[endemic]] North American bird species to become extinct after the [[Columbian Exchange]], with the last reported sighting occurring in 1878 in [[Elmira, New York]],<ref name="Renko">{{cite web|last1=Renko|first1=Amanda|title=EXTINCT: Seeking a bird last seen in 1878|url=http://www.stargazette.com/story/news/local/2016/09/09/searching-last-labrador-duck/90118798/|website=Star Gazette|access-date=23 June 2017}}</ref> and the last preserved specimen was shot in the fall of 1875 in [[Long Island|Long Island, New York]] by J.G. Bell.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Labrador duck {{!}} Endangered List |url=https://endangeredlist.org/animal/labrador-duck/ |access-date=2024-12-27 |website=endangeredlist.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Dutcher |first=William |date=1894 |title=The Labrador Duck: Another Specimen, with Additional Data Respecting Extant Specimens |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4067622 |journal=The Auk |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=4–12 |doi=10.2307/4067622 |jstor=4067622 |issn=0004-8038}}</ref> It was already a rare duck before European settlers arrived, and as a result of its rarity, information on the Labrador duck is not abundant, although some, such as its habitat, characteristics, dietary habits and reasons behind its extinction, are known. There are 55 specimens of the Labrador duck preserved in museum collections worldwide.<ref>Chilton, Glen. ''The Curse of the Labrador Duck: My Obsessive Quest to the Edge of Extinction''. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2009. Print.</ref>