Talk:Laysan duck

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A very detailed article, could be a GA soon, but more needs to be added about its survival through Laysan's rabbit outbreak.

Last edited at 21:28, 10 May 2014 (UTC). Substituted at 21:44, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

That's not real!

Hello, I changed the article in the section where it stated that Laysan Ducks are nearly flightless. Tell me if I'm wrong but this bird is a poor flyer when compared with another ducks' flight capability but it is far from being classed as "nearly flightless". Here is a video showing my point

https://www.arkive.org/laysan-duck/anas-laysanensis/video-06a.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.165.244.75 (talk) 15:55, 10 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]