Overview
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Chubut Steamer Duck, Chubut Steamerduck, White-Headed Flightless Steamer Duck, White-Headed Steamer-Duck
Common Names in French:
Brassemer à Tête Blanche
Description
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 298 meters (0 to 978 feet).[1]
Biome: Terrestrial ; Marine
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:9.1Marine Neritic - Pelagic
13.1Marine Coastal/Supratidal - Sea
Cliffs
and Rocky Offshore Islands
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Class:
Aves
()
- Birds
- Order:
Anseriformes
()
- Ducks, Geese
- Order:
Anseriformes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tachyeres
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
T. brachyptera · T. brachypterus (Falkland Islands Flightless Steamer Duck) · T. cinereus · T. leucocephala · T. leucocephalus (White-Headed Flightless Steamer Duck) · T. patachonicus (Flying Steamer Duck) · T. pteneres (Flightless Steamer Duck)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Baillie, J. and Groombridge, B. (compilers and editors) 1996. 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- BirdLife International 2006. Threatened Birds of the World 2006. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 04/05/2006.
- BirdLife International. 2000. Threatened Birds of the World. Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, U.K.
- BirdLife International. 2004 Threatened Birds of the World 2004. CD-ROM. BirdLife International, Cambridge, U.K.
- Collar, N.J., Crosby, M.J. and Stattersfield, A.J. 1994. Birds to Watch 2. The World List of Threatened Birds BirdLife International. Page Bros (Norwich) Ltd, U.K.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2006. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
- BirdLife International 2006. Tachyeres leucocephalus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854339
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-553910
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13365935
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 553910
- IUCN ID: 21284
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 11712
Footnotes
- Mean = 88.330 meters (289.797 feet), Standard Deviation = 184.290 based on 3 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
