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Torrent Duck

Merganetta armata
Gould, J, 1842
Pato de los Torrentes
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Other common names: Pato Cortacorrientes.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 532732
♂ ♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/05/2014
Fernando Rasmussen
Foto
Photography ID: 482549
♂ ♀ El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/11/2022
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 482547
♂ ♀ El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/11/2022
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 128880
♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/15/2015
Luciano Acquaviva
Foto
Photography ID: 128871
♂ ♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/15/2015
Luciano Acquaviva
Foto
Photography ID: 41978
♂ ♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/06/2013
Bismar Rossi
Foto
Photography ID: 21752
♂  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/22/2008
Luis Emilio Lorenzo
Foto
Photography ID: 19309
♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/17/2013
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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
154545511/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzRío Fitz Roy, cercano a Laguna Torre, El Chaltén2Gustavo Fernando Durán
42289630/01/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzZona Laguna Torre, El ChalténAstrid Wessels
42288529/01/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzZona Laguna Torre, El Chaltén3Astrid Wessels
37467515/03/2015ArgentinaSanta CruzEl ChalténLuciano Acquaviva
175600505/01/2014ArgentinaSanta CruzRío Cañadón de los Toros (entre El Chaltén y Lago del Desierto), El ChalténFernando Rasmussen
12023306/10/2013ArgentinaSanta CruzRio de las vueltas, El ChalténBismar Rossi
5166119/01/2013ArgentinaSanta CruzRio Fitz Roy cerca de De Agostini, El ChalténAstrid Wessels
5259617/01/2013ArgentinaSanta CruzRio Fitz Roy cerca de De Agostini, El ChalténAstrid Wessels
5884622/01/2008ArgentinaSanta CruzInicio del Rio Fitz Roy, El ChalténLuis Emilio Lorenzo
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.