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Trilha do Talha-mar - RS, Brazil.
This species averages 81–95 cm in length and weighs between 3 and 5 kg, making them the largest members of the Anhimidae family.
Despite their large size and heavy build, they're remarkably strong flyers!
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anhimidae
Genus: Chauna Illiger, 1811
Species: C. torquata Oken, 1816
Binomial name: Chauna torquata
He's spent the last three winters at this small loch in Cumbernauld near Glasgow. I saw him last year but this is the first time I've caught up with them this year. Just caught him before he goes. He was right out in the middle of the loch so this is a very heavy crop
Striking diving duck of coastal harbors, mountain lakes, and large rivers. Very similar to Common Goldeneye. Males are easiest: Barrow’s has more black on the back, a downward-pointing spur on the side, and a crescent-shaped (not circular) white patch on the face. Females can be very difficult. Barrow’s usually has a yellow bill, but Common can rarely show a dull yellowish bill. Head and bill shape are important: Barrow’s has a steeper forehead and a puffy nape, and a shorter bill with a more rounded lower edge. Fairly common in western U.S. and Canada; much less common in the northeast. Small population in Iceland. Frequently found in mixed flocks with Common Goldeneye.
Nearly every year, we get one Barrow's Goldeneye among the hundreds of Common Goldeneye that make Ottawa their winter home. It's a challenge to be the first area birder to find and report it to the others. I am not usually that birder. Like all sea ducks, they prefer to be well away from the shore, making photography a challenge.
Strathcona Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. December 2009.
(Mergus serrator)
Bygdøy - Oslo
Noruega
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(Dendrocygna viduata)
Lac Belalanda - Toliara
Madagascar
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Just arrived in the last week. This year there are three pairs but, so far, no youngsters. The last couple of years there has been a single pair with their offspring
Some whooper swans don't migrate at all. They believe that food will be available in winter, even though we are north of the 66th latitude. Here, a strong current keeps a small part of the lake unfrozen all winter.
Tiny duck with a petite, thin bill. Males have a brown head with a wide green swatch behind the eye, creamy speckled breast, and mostly gray body. Females are brown, darker overall than other dabbling ducks. Forages by dabbling and tipping-up to reach submerged aquatic vegetation. Also regularly walks around mudflats to feed.
Andrew Haydon Park, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. November 2009.
Barra do Quaraí, RS, Brazil.
The subspecies Anas flavirostris flavirostris, often called the "Chilean teal", ranges across southern South America, reaching as far north as southern Brazil and northern Argentina, and even the Falkland Islands. A beautiful representative of the yellow-billed teal group.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Anatinae
Tribe: Anatini
Genus: Anas Linnaeus, 1758
Species: A. flavirostris Vieillot, 1816
Subspecies: A. f. flavirostris (Vieillot, 1816)
Trinomial name: Anas flavirostris flavirostris
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Female Wood duck in a pond among fallen trees.
Canard branchu femelle dans un étang parmi les arbres tombés
Aix sponsa
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(Anas castanea)
Goulds Lagoon Sanctuary - Tasmania
Austrália
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I suppose it sort of looks like the swans are laughing but they are doing anything but. These Tundra Swans erupted in a spasm of cries over what I have no idea, but they are all engaged and it wasn't friendly. In addition two of the swans have their wings raised in what might be an aggressive, intimidating style. This I captured on the larger lake at the Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center.
Captured 9 March 2016.
Trying to blend in.....
Nene, (Branta sandvicensis), endangered species of goose of the family Anatidae (order Anseriformes) and the official state bird of Hawaii. The nene is a relative of the Canada goose that evolved in the Hawaiian Islands into a nonmigratory, nonaquatic species with shortened wings and half-webbed feet for walking on rough lava. The nene is about 65 cm (25 inches) long and has a gray-brown barred body, dark-streaked buff neck, and black face. It feeds on berries and grasses on high lava slopes.
By 1911, predation by introduced mammals, including dogs, cats, pigs, and mongooses, coupled with human hunting, had reduced the nene population to a few small flocks. From that year, shooting of the nene was forbidden, but the species nevertheless declined further, reaching about 30 in 1952. A captive breeding program that released birds reared in Hawaii and England failed to establish sustaining populations on the islands of Hawaii and Maui, probably because these islands had mongooses that preyed on goslings and eggs. Birds were not released on other islands because it was thought that the species was not native there. However, after Hurricane Iwa in 1982 accidentally released several captive nene on mongoose-free Kauai, a thriving population arose. The nene is now so common there that it is found on golf courses. After this accidental re-introduction, subfossil evidence discovered by Smithsonian Institution scientists revealed that the nene was once found throughout the Hawaiian archipelago. The population on Kauai today is steadily increasing.
Orden:Anseriformes
Familia:Anatidae
Género:Anas
NOMBRES COMUNES:Pato cuchareta,Cuchara Común, Cuchareta, Pato Chucara, pato chucharón-norteño, Pato Cuchara, Pato cuchara común, Pato Cuchareta, Pato Cucharo, pato cucharón norteño, Pato Cucharón-norteño, Pato pico de cuchara macho
Nombre cientifico: Spatula clypeata
Nombre ingles: Northern Shoveler male
Lugar de captura:
Por: Cimarron mayor Panta.
Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba) photographed at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park located in the City of Escondido California U.S.A.
Coscoroba swans are part of the order Anseriformes, in the family Anatidae (ducks, geese, swans). In the genus Coscoroba, there is just one species: C. coscoroba. Coscoroba swans live in the southern part of South America, in the countries of Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, southern Paraguay and southern Brazil. Southern populations migrate northward and spend the winter in northern Argentina, Uruguay and southeast Brazil. Those populations that live in the central part of their range likely remain sedentary.
(Bucephala clangula)
Frogner Park - Oslo
Noruega
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Obviously not a fan of the vegetation in between, but more than I ever I wanted to give these guys the space they need and avoid scaring them away. I tried my best to keep the leaves out, but the lake has been left out of service for months now and the vegetation has started to take over in a big way.
I guess, on the upside, it gives the photo a bit of that spying feeling which makes it peculiar
The stubble is starting to appear in the fields now and we are getting some geese showing up. Until our Icelandic friends arrive we have just got Canadas and Greylags who have just completed their moult (when they become virtually flightless) and are starting to move around again. There will be rich pickings in the stubble.
DF, Brazil.
This is a massive bird, 84–95 cm (33–38 in) long, 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs). They have a long spiny structure projecting forward from the crown. This structure is unique among birds, a cornified structure that is poorly attached to the skull and grows continuously while often breaking at its tip.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anhimidae
Genus: Anhima Brisson, 1760
Species: A. cornuta (Linnaeus, 1766)
Binomial name: Anhima cornuta
(Spatula hottentota)
Ngorongoro Crater
Tanzânia
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Back in the country and now trying to catch up. While I was walking in snow in some places in Canada it seems the UK has had a heatwave! Where did my green lawn go?
(Chenonetta jubata)
Waikerie - SA
Austrália
Photo taken with dusk light.
The gamut of monitors is a big problem. If I see this photo on my laptop, it looks nice, but when I use my external monitor, it seems a bit sepia-toned!
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(Spatula rhynchotis)
Laratinga Wetlands - Mount Barker - SA
Austrália
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