Flying Steamer Duck

The Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicus, is a steamer duck. It is the most widespread steamer duck, resident in southern Chile and Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. Its plumage is very similar to the other three steamer ducks. It is the only steamer duck which can fly, and the only one to occur on inland fresh waters.

The Flying Steamer Duck is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicus, is a steamer duck. It is the most widespread steamer duck, resident in southern Chile and Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. Its plumage is very similar to the other three steamer ducks. It is the only steamer duck which can fly, and the only one to occur on inland fresh waters. References - * BirdLife International (2004). Tachyeres patachonicus. 2006. More

Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicusDucks generally feed on larvae and pupae usually found under rocks, aquatic animals, plant material, seeds, small fish, snails and crabs. Feeding Ducks ... More

The Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicus, is the most widespread steamer duck. Distribution: It is endemic to southern Chile and Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. Distribution / Range Its plumage is very similar to the other three steamer ducks. It is the only steamer duck which can fly, and the only one to occur on inland fresh waters. More

some of the hostile and sexual reactions of Flying Steamer Ducks which I observed during November and December of 1956, along the east coast of Tierra del Fuego, near Viamonte, Argentina, and the north coast of the same island, near Porvenir and Gente Grande, Chile. This may help to reveal or explain some of the basic factors regulating such behavior, and may also clarify the systematic position of the group. It has been found that some hostile, sexual, and associated patterns, especially the "ritualized" patterns or "displays", i.e. More

The Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicus, is a Steamer duck. The Magellanic Flightless Steamer Duck, Tachyeres pteneres, is a flightless Duck from South America The White-headed Flightless Steamer Duck or Chubut Steamer Duck ( Tachyeres leucocephalus) is endemic to Argentina. The Falkland Steamerduck, Tachyeres brachypterus, is a Duck native to the Falkland Islands in the southern Atlantic Ocean. More

found this pair of flying steamer ducks on one of the ponds down by stanley airport this afternoon while out for a couple of hours. Not that common in the falklands prob only see a hand full of these a year. also saw speckled teal, crested duck,silver teal,falkland steamer duck,kelp goose, upland goose, ruddy headed goose, dark faced ground tyrant, falkland thrush, falkland pipit, long-tailed meadow lark, kelp gull, dolphin gull, turkey vulture and giant petrel (prob southern). More