Magellanic Flightless Steamer Duck

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iMagellanic Flightless Steamer Duck

Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Tachyeres
Species: T. pteneres
Binomial name
Tachyeres pteneres
(Forster, 1844)

The Magellanic Flightless Steamer Duck, Tachyeres pteneres, is a flightless duck from South America. It belongs to the steamer duck genus Tachyeres.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Tachyeres pteneres. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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