Labrador Duck Last Seen In 1878
The Labrador duck is believed to have been North America’s first bird to become extinct after 1500’s. It is believed the last living bird was last seen in Elmira, New York Dec 12th, 1878 and the last preserved specimen was shot in 1875.
It not fully explained why, the Labrador duck became extinct, because it believed that is was considered to taste bad and would rot quickly. One of the beliefs about this bird was that the eggs of the Labrador Duck were over-harvested and depredation by the feather trade, and the decline in muscle and other shellfish. Well other sea ducks readily feed on shallow-water molluscs, now western Atlantic bird species seems to have been dependent on such food as the Labrador duck was.
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