Bronze-winged Duck
Speculanas specularis(King, PP, 1828)
English (US) Bronze-winged Duck
The Bronze-winged Duck (Speculanas specularis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds mainly forested regions of southern Chile and Argentina; some winter northward to central Chile and Argentina, or to non-freezing waterbodies at low elevationsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Speculanas specularis
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Near Threatened
- English (US)
- Bronze-winged Duck
- Described by
- (King, PP, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas specularis
- Described by
- (King, PP, 1828)
- Type locality
- Straits of Magellan. Andes of Chile and Argentina from lat. 40° S. to the Straits of Magellan.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 4, no.13 p.98
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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