Flightless Steamer-Duck Tachyeres pteneres Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (25)
- Monotypic
Carles Carboneras, Guy M. Kirwan, and Vicente Pantoja
Version: 1.1 — Published June 19, 2024
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Магеланова патица |
| Catalan | ànec vapor de Magallanes |
| Czech | kachyně parníková |
| Danish | Duck Kæmpeand |
| Dutch | Reuzenbooteend |
| English | Flightless Steamer-Duck |
| English (United States) | Flightless Steamer-Duck |
| Finnish | isoviuhtoja |
| French | Brassemer cendré |
| French (France) | Brassemer cendré |
| German | Magellan-Dampfschiffente |
| Icelandic | Eimönd |
| Japanese | オオフナガモ |
| Norwegian | chileskovleand |
| Polish | torpedówka magellańska |
| Russian | Магелланова утка-пароход |
| Serbian | Neleteća parobrodska patka |
| Slovak | parníkovka veľká |
| Spanish | Quetro Austral |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Quetro Austral |
| Spanish (Chile) | Quetru no volador |
| Spanish (Spain) | Quetro austral |
| Swedish | magellanångbåtsand |
| Turkish | Macellan Forsa Ördeği |
| Ukrainian | Качка-пароплав магеланська |
Revision Notes
Vicente Pantoja updated this version of the account by including all the information present in the journals "Boletín informativo CIPA", "Boletín Chileno de Ornitología", "Revista Chilena de Ornitología" and "La Chiricoca" as part of a partnership with Red de Observadores de Aves y Vida Silvestre de Chile (ROC).
Tachyeres pteneres (Forster, 1844)
PROTONYM:
Anas pteneres
Forster, 1844. Descriptiones animalium quae in itinere ad maris australis terras per annos 1772, 1773 et 1774 suscepto, collegit, observavit et delineavit (etc.), p.338.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tierra del Fuego.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- TACHYERES
- pteneres
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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