Falkland Steamer Duck
Tachyeres brachypterus (Latham, 1790)
Anatidae — Ducks, Geese, Swans
Falkland Steamer Duck Tachyeres brachypterus is a flightless duck of the Falkland Islands in South America. It belongs to the Anatidae family within the Anseriformes order. The species is one of only two birds found nowhere else on the islands. It is placed in the genus Tachyeres with three other steamer ducks from South America. The Falkland Steamer Duck is most closely allied to the flying steamer duck, and the two may still be able to interbreed. Some ornithologists have suggested treating them as one species, but that has not been settled.
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae — Ducks, Geese, Swans
- Breeding range
- South America: Falkland Is.
