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The Laysan duck (Anas laysanensis) is a bird found in United States. Found in the United States. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, seeds and nuts and leaves and other plant parts. The IUCN Red List lists it as Critically Endangered.

🏡 Where the Laysan duck lives

Found in the United States.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs40%
• 🌰 Seeds & nuts20%
• 🌿 Leaves & plants20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%
• 🐟 Fish10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Percy Ulsamer (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC862235. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Laysan duck

Where does the Laysan duck live?

The Laysan duck lives in United States. Found in the United States.

What does the Laysan duck eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 40%), seeds and nuts (about 20%), leaves and other plant parts (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%), fish (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Laysan duck endangered?

Almost gone from the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Critically Endangered.

More birds from North America

• Perija parakeet
• Santa Marta parakeet
• White-breasted thrasher
• Elfin woods warbler
• Bahama warbler
• Jamaican poorwill

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.