Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Ducks, Geese and Swans :: Flightless Steamerduck

Flightless Steamerduck Tachyeres pteneres

Described by: Forster, J. R. (1844)
Alternate common name(s): Fuegian Steamer Duck, Flightless Steamer Duck, Magellanic Steamerduck, Magellanic Flightless Steamerduck
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Chiloé Island, Chile - Dec, 2005 © Arthur Grosset  Argentina - Nov, 2003 © Harold Stiver 
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Range

Sw. and ex. s. South America;
Ex. s. tip of South America: s. Chile (s. from Chiloe Is. to Guaitecas Is., Beagle Channel, London, Barnevelt and Bertrand Is.) and ex. s. Argentina s. to Tierra del Fuego, Cape Horn and Staten Is.
Causal winter visitor to Corral, Valdivia in Chile.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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