Flying Steamer Duck
Tachyeres patachonicus(King, PP, 1828)
English (US) Flying Steamer Duck
The Flying Steamer Duck (Tachyeres patachonicus) 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: southern Chile (north to Maule) and southern Argentina (north to Neuquén and southern Buenos Aires provinces); scarce Falkland IslandsRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Tachyeres patachonicus
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Flying Steamer Duck
- Described by
- (King, PP, 1828)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oidemia Patachonica
- Described by
- (King, PP, 1828)
- Type locality
- Strait of Magellan.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 4, no.13 p.100
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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