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Flying steamer duck

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Flying Steamer Duck
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T. patachonicus
Binomial name
Tachyeres patachonicus
(King, 1831)

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.

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