steamer duck — ▪ bird (genus Tachyeres), any of four species of heavily built, big billed sea ducks of southernmost South America and the Falkland Islands. The bird is named for its habit of running across the water with wings thrashing like a paddle… … Universalium
Falkland Flightless Steamer Duck — Taxobox name = Falkland Flightless Steamer Duck image width = 240px image caption = Female status = LC | status system = IUCN3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Anseriformes familia = Anatidae genus = Tachyeres species … Wikipedia
steamer duck — noun : any of two flightless and one flying large sea ducks (genus Tachyeres) of Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland islands that swim with a peculiar action suggesting a side wheel steamboat … Useful english dictionary
Tachyeres — Taxobox image width = 240px image caption = Falkland Flightless Steamer Duck, Tachyeres brachypterus name = Steamer Ducks regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves ordo = Anseriformes familia = Anatidae genus = Tachyeres genus authority … Wikipedia
Ketru metawe — es una vasija ceremonial de cerámica, propia del pueblo mapuche y de culturas predecesoras de éste (como la Cultura Llolleo y Tradición Bato), que está dentro del grupo de las vasijas llamadas jarros pato de los pueblos de Chile prehispánico.… … Wikipedia Español
List of Chile-related topics — This is a list of topics related to Chile. Those interested in the subject can monitor changes to the pages by clicking on Related changes in the sidebar.Chile* ChileArchaeological sites of Chile* Easter Island * Monte VerdeEaster Island* Aku Aku … Wikipedia
Queulat National Park — Infobox protected area | name = Queulat National Park iucn category = II caption = The white dot is the location of Coyhaique base width = 160 locator x = 121 locator y = 48 location = Aisén Region, Chile nearest city = Puerto Puyuhuapi lat… … Wikipedia
Langflügel-Dampfschiffente — (Tachyeres patachonicus) Systematik Ordnung: Gänsevögel (An … Deutsch Wikipedia
anseriform — ▪ bird order Introduction any of the 150 species comprising the bird order Anseriformes, which comprises the ducks (duck), geese (goose), and swans (swan) (family Anatidae) and the screamers (the three species of family Anhimidae). Anatidae… … Universalium
Flightless bird — Penguins are a well known example of flightless birds Flightless birds are birds which lack the ability to fly, relying instead on their ability to run or swim. They are thought to have evolved from flying ancestors.[1] There are about forty… … Wikipedia
