It inhabited one of the biggest lakes in Guatemala. n 1966, the Ecologist Anne LaBastille started a campaign to save the duck from extinction but her efforts were in vain. 
Bata hao waliishi kwenye bwawa kubwa zaidi ya yote nchini. Mwaka 1966, mwanaikologia Anne LaBastille alianzisha kampeni ya kuokoa bata hao wasitoweke lakini juhudi zake zilipotea bure.