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Flying Steamer Duck

Tachyeres patachonicus
(King, PP, 1828)
Quetro Volador
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from El Calafate

Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Pato Vapor Volador.

Synonyms: Oidemia patachonica.


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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 573687
  Squab
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/24/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 573685
♂  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/24/2024
Santos Uranga
Foto
Photography ID: 482925
♂ ♀ El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/05/2022
Hernán Tolosa
Foto
Photography ID: 264862
  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/19/2018
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 264610
♂ ♀  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/23/2018
José Raúl Fernández



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 1427
♂ ♀  Adult
El Calafate
Santa Cruz
Argentina
04/19/2016
Santos Di Mauro



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
243830728/12/2025ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateHernán Tolosa
200564924/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzLago Argentino, El CalafateSantos Uranga
154704815/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El CalafateGustavo Fernando Durán
154657414/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El Calafate5Gustavo Fernando Durán
155117307/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateHernán Tolosa
154832905/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzEl Calafate, El CalafateHernán Tolosa
126968501/04/2019ArgentinaSanta CruzReserva Ecológica Municipal Laguna Nimez, El Calafate2Mariano Micheluzzi
82923529/10/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzEl CalafateNicolas Olejnik
75582223/03/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzAvda. Costanera, El CalafateJosé Raúl Fernández
75624119/03/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzLago Argentino, El CalafateGustavo Fernando Durán
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Bibliography related


Artículo Martinez, F., F. Lucero, R. Calí, D. Valdéz, D. Ferrer y J. C. Chebez. 2009. Registros novedosos de aves para las provincias de Mendoza y San Juan. Nótulas Faunísticas N° 35. Fundación Félix de Azara.



Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Flying Steamer Duck (Tachyeres patachonicus) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.