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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Anatidae .
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This reminds me of the intraspecific variation I discussed recently in Flying steamer-ducks Tachyeres patachonica: the species includes both flight-able and flightless individuals (go here to read more).
Sea kraits: radical intraspecific diversity, reproductive isolation, and site fidelity Darren Naish 2006
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Flightlessness in steamer-ducks (Anatidae: Tachyeres): its morphological bases and probable evolution.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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This reminds me of the intraspecific variation I discussed recently in Flying steamer-ducks Tachyeres patachonica: the species includes both flight-able and flightless individuals (go here to read more).
Archive 2006-07-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Genetic differentiation among steamer-ducks (Anatidae: Tachyeres): an electrophoretic analysis.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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The most widely distributed of the four Tachyeres species*, T. patachonicus inhabits both the fresh and marine waters of the Falklands and southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego.
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Endemic birds of the Falkland Islands are the Falkland steamerduck (Tachyeres brachypterus) and the Cobb's wren (Troglodytes cobbi).
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As such it’s one of only two bird species endemic to the Falklands – the other is the Falkland steamer duck Tachyeres brachypterus (take note McDowall (2005), who listed Tachyeres brachypterus as the only endemic Falkland Island bird species).
Archive 2006-05-01 Darren Naish 2006
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Tachyeres), the Comb duck Sarkidiornis melanotos and kelp geese (Chloephaga).
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