Biziura

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Aves
Subclassis: Carinatae
Infraclassis: Neornithes
Parvclassis: Neognathae
Ordo: Anseriformes
Familia: Anatidae
Subfamilia: Oxyurinae
Genus: Biziura
Species: Biziura lobata

Name

Biziura Stephens, 1824

Vernacular names
Internationalization
Français: Érismatures

Biziura is a genus of stiff-tailed ducks endemic to Australasia and containing one living and one subfossil species.
Species

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	B. lobata Stephens, 1824	musk duck	Widely distributed through south-eastern Australia, south-west Western Australia and the Murray-Darling Basin

†B. delautouri Forbes, 1892 – New Zealand musk duck – previously endemic to New Zealand, and occurring on both North and South Islands, but now extinct.

References

Worthy, Trevor H. (2002). "The New Zealand musk duck (Biziura delautouri Forbes, 1892)" (PDF). Notornis. 49 (1): 19–28. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-10-18.