Female © Dominic Cormier eBird S40662641 Macaulay Library ML 76700661
Male © Silvia Faustino Linhares
Male and female © Santiago Imberti
Male © Pablo Brandolin
Female © Ken Pulvino
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Male © Pio Marshall
Male and female © Marbry Hopkins
© Pablo Gutiérrez Maier

Flying Steamer-Duck Tachyeres patachonicus

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Identification

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A large, heavily built duck that is fairly common along rocky seacoasts and on lakes near the coast; also local and uncommon on larger lakes farther inland. Despite the name, rarely seen in flight; more often seen thrashing through the water like an old paddle steamer boat, hence the name. Male’s bill is mostly orange, while the female’s bill is mostly greenish. Plumage of both sexes is duller gray or brownish gray compared to Flightless Steamer-Duck; the two species sometimes occur together, but Flightless tends to be warier.

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