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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 ...
A duckling is a young duck in downy plumage [1] or baby duck, [2] but in the food trade a young domestic duck which has just reached adult size and bulk and its meat is still fully tender, is sometimes labelled as a duckling. A male is called a drake and the female is called a duck, or in ornithology a hen. [3] [4] Male mallard. Wood ducks.
The back of the head and the neck have elongated feathers that have been described as gray [16] or light purple-white. [14] The upper back of the body and wings are spotted or streaked with white. [16] The female anhinga is similar to the male except for its pale gray-buff [17] or light brown [18] head, neck, and upper chest. The lower chest or ...
Anhingas do not have waterproof feathers, which makes their bodies become waterlogged and sink under the water while swimming, which helps them stalk fish. After a swim, they are forced to stand ...
It is a large duck, with the males about 76 cm (30 in) long, and weighing up to 7 kg (15 lb). Females are noticeably smaller, and only grow to 3 kg (6.6 lb), roughly half the males' size. The bird is predominantly black and white, with the back feathers being iridescent and glossy in males, while the females are more drab.
It resembled a small ruddy duck or, even more, an Argentine blue-bill. A larger Middle Pleistocene fossil form from the southwestern United States was described as Oxyura bessomi; it was probably quite close to the ruddy duck. "Oxyura" doksana from the Early Miocene of Dolnice (Czech Republic) cannot be assigned to any anatine subfamily with ...
The Mariana mallard or Oustalet's duck (Anas oustaleti) is an extinct species of duck of the genus Anas that was endemic to the Mariana Islands.Its taxonomic status is debated, and it has variously been treated as a full species, a subspecies of the mallard or of the Pacific black duck, or sometimes as a subspecies of the Indian spot-billed duck.
The birds that look like penguins got pushed down South during the recent storms in the Myrtle Beach area. Here’s how to properly help them