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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 Tierra del Fuego

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: 678281
  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
03/08/2026
Edgar Romeo
Foto
Photography ID: 668498
♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/15/2026
Luis O. Lopez
Foto
Photography ID: 638799
♂ ♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
12/03/2023
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 614174
♂  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 614173
♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
11/10/2024
Jorge La Grotteria
Foto
Photography ID: 601077
 Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
09/05/2024
Angel Siguen
Foto
Photography ID: 599131
♂ ♀ Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
04/09/2014
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 569183
♂ ♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/14/2024
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 568276
♂ ♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/21/2024
Pablo Marcelo Meyer
Foto
Photography ID: 567454
♂ ♀  Adult
Ushuaia
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
01/12/2024
Victor Hugo Michelini
Foto
Photography ID: 562219
♂  Adult
Ruta J
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
12/09/2023
Federico J. Villegas



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Last Filmings published


Video ID: 1763
♂ ♀  Adult
Lago Fagnano
Tierra del Fuego
Argentina
12/07/2014
Claudia Mora



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 Detail of places sorted by number of records







Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
244835308/03/2026ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBarco Hundido, UshuaiaEdgar Romeo
241844715/01/2026ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaia--Bahía Golondrina, UshuaiaLuis O. Lopez
239570402/12/202509:36ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaiaGustavo Fernando Durán
232753026/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoUshuaia--Bahía Golondrina, Ushuaia4Lionel Medina
232296520/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoPenínsula Ushuaia, Ushuaia30Lionel Medina
232193617/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahia Encerrada, Ushuaia69Lionel Medina
231527205/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoDesembocadura del río Pipo, Ushuaia12Sabrina Godoy
231340403/07/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoReserva Natural Urbana Bahía Encerrada, Ushuaia24Lionel Medina
227187707/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoCosta entre Bahía Golondrina y Desembocadura Río Pipo, Ushuaia6Faustino Hollmann
227185607/04/2025ArgentinaTierra del FuegoBahía Golondrina, Ushuaia5Faustino Hollmann
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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 25/03/2026.