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To: Alter Kaker; blam
Same situation with Steamer ducks. They are native to the Falkland Islands and a few other small islands off the coast of South America. Big, flightless ducks.


25 posted on 11/08/2007 3:10:27 PM PST by CholeraJoe (Be unique. It makes it easier for the rest of us to identify the morons.)
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To: CholeraJoe

Tachyeres brachypterus is the flightless Steamer Duck...there is a flying Steamer Duck:

http://www.arthurgrosset.com/sabirds/flyingsteamer-duck.html

Tachyeres patachonicus

The Flying Steamer-duck is distributed in southern Chile, the extreme south of Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. It is the only steamer-duck that is found on inland water-bodies as well as at the coast...


30 posted on 11/08/2007 4:00:11 PM PST by Fred Nerks (Fair dinkum!)
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