Editing Labrador duck (section)

==Diet==
[[File:Camptorhynchus labradoriusAWP332AA.jpg|thumb|Illustration by [[John James Audubon]]]]
The Labrador duck fed on small [[molluscs]], and some fishermen reported catching it on fishing lines baited with mussels.<ref name=gap/> The structure of the bill was highly modified from that of most ducks, having a wide, flattened tip with numerous [[Lamellae (zoology)|lamellae]] inside. In this way, it is considered an ecological counterpart of the North [[Pacific Ocean|Pacific]]/North [[Asia]]n Steller's eider. The beak was also particularly soft and may have been used to probe through sediment for food.<ref name=gap/>

Another, completely unrelated, duck with similar (but even more specialized) bill morphology is the Australian [[pink-eared duck]], which feeds largely on plankton, but also mollusks; the condition in the Labrador duck probably resembled that of the [[blue duck]] most in outward appearance.
Its peculiar bill suggests it ate shellfish and crustaceans from silt and shallow water. The Labrador duck may have survived by eating snails.