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Genus: Tachyeres (4 species)

Tachyeres is a genus of flightless (all but one) ducks found in the southern part of South America. Called 'steamer' because of behaviour of swimming with wings flapping resembling a steamer boat.


Falkland Steamer Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) Male Range: SA: Falkland Is. Falkland Islands
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Falkland Steamer Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) Female Range: SA: Falkland Is. Carcass Island, Falkland Islands
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Chubut Steamer Duck (Tachyeres leucocephalus) Vulnerable Range: SA: coastal nc to s Chubut Province (se Argentina)

Note white head. Until recently considered a subspecies of the Fuegian Steamer Duck.


Flying Steamer Duck (Tachyeres patachonicus) with chicks Range: SA: s Chile, s Argentina and (perhaps) Falkland Is. Ushuaia, Argentina
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Fuegian Steamer Duck (Tachyeres pteneres) Range: SA: coastal s Chile and s Argentina
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Also known as the Flightless Steamer Duck.

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