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The Fuegian steamer duck (Tachyeres pteneres) or the Magellanic flightless steamer duck, is a flightless duck native to South America. It belongs to the steamer duck genus Tachyeres . It inhabits the rocky coasts and coastal islands from southern Chile and Chiloé to Tierra del Fuego , switching to the adjacent sheltered bays and lakes further ...
The Falkland steamer duck (Tachyeres brachypterus) is a species of flightless duck found on the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. The steamer ducks get their name from their unconventional swimming behaviour in which they flap their wings and feet on the water in a motion reminiscent of an old paddle steamer. [ 3 ]
The steamer ducks are a genus (Tachyeres) of ducks in the family Anatidae. All of the four species occur at the southern cone of South America in Chile and Argentina, and all except the flying steamer duck are flightless ; even this one species capable of flight rarely takes to the air.
Flying steamer ducks inhabit aquatic areas at the southern tip of South America, specifically Chile and Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands. [7] Genetic comparisons of Falkland Island steamer ducks suggest the species diverged from continental steamer duck species between 2.2 and 2.6 million years ago, coinciding with a proposed land bridge that may have once connected the ...
Muscovy duck, Cairina moschata; Comb duck, Sarkidiornis sylvicola; Ringed teal, Callonetta leucophrys (E-SA) Brazilian teal, Amazonetta brasiliensis (E-SA) Torrent duck, Merganetta armata (E-SA) Flying steamer-duck, Tachyeres patachonicus (E-SA) Flightless steamer-duck, Tachyeres pteneres (E-SA) Falkland steamer-duck, Tachyeres brachypterus (E-FA)
Due to the Chubut Steamer ducks being flightless, they need to have different methods of escaping predators besides flying. [4] To do this they can swim, dive or steam. Steaming is a faster unique way to swim for these flightless birds. When they steam they use their wings as oars and their feet to generate turbulence. [4]
Gastornis is an extinct genus of large, flightless birds that lived during the mid-Paleocene to mid-Eocene epochs of the Paleogene period. Most fossils have been found in Europe, and some species typically referred to the genus are known from North America and Asia.
Dromornis is a genus of large to enormous prehistoric birds native to Australia during the Oligocene to Pliocene epochs. The species were flightless, possessing greatly reduced wing structures but with large legs, similar to the modern ostrich or emu.