{"id":17322,"date":"2012-07-17T13:53:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T11:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:12:45","slug":"laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/threatened-bird-species\/en-endangered\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/","title":{"rendered":"Laysan Duck Anas laysanensis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), also known as the Laysan Teal because of its small size, is an endangered dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Fossil evidence reveals that Laysan Ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but today survive only on three small, isolated islands.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Laysan Duck\u00a0<i>Anas\u00a0laysanensis<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-46-17322\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9774\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/laysan_duck_wm2-3.jpg\" title=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) - Photographer Ken Billington\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) - Photographer Ken Billington\" alt=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/thumbs\/thumbs_laysan_duck_wm2-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9772\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/laysan_duck_wm-2.jpg\" title=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/thumbs\/thumbs_laysan_duck_wm-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-9771\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/laysan_duck_wm-1.jpg\" title=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK\" alt=\"Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) (01).jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/laysan-duck-anas-laysanensis\/thumbs\/thumbs_laysan_duck_wm-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) (01).jpg<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis), also known as the Laysan Teal because of its small size, is an endangered dabbling duck endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. Fossil evidence reveals that Laysan Ducks once lived across the entire archipelago, but today survive only on three small, isolated islands. 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