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Figure 2.
Distribution maps for Madagascar’s endemic duck species. Solid area is current known
distribution, grey area is where dispersive birds may occur. Maps modified from Safford &Hawkins (2013).
However, it is also surprising that the birds
were not better studied in captivity. Meller’s
Duck was first kept in 1894 and first bred in
1931, with Madagascar White-backed Duck
first breeding in 1931 (Ezra 1931).
Madagascar Pochard bred in several
