Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla) - HBW 1, p. 626
French: Hétéronette à tête noire
German: Kuckucksente
Spanish: Pato Rinconero
Taxonomy: Anas atricapilla Merrem, 1841, Buenos Aires.
Considered to be a link between dabbling ducks and stifftails. Monotypic.
Distribution: C Chile to Paraguay, S to Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A pair, preening Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 6 years ago 34 sec 4.2 -
A male shaking its wings and preening Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 6 years ago 27 sec 4.1 -
A male and then a female, swimming Locality London Wetland Centre, London, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 5 November 2005 6 years ago 18 sec 3.5 -
A male swimming typically low in the water at the back of a reedbed Locality Laguna El Peral, Chile (Monotypic species)
Greg Baker 8 November 2011 18 weeks ago 15 sec 2.3
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Adult male swimming.
Locality Slimbridge, Gloucestershire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 4 July 2009 2 years ago 3.5 -
A pair on the water, swimming.
Locality Boyuibe, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 21 July 2006 29 weeks ago 3.4 -
A couple of ducks (male with black head): Species known in Argentina as pato cabeza negra
Locality San Miguel del Monte (Monte), Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Hernán Tolosa 15 June 2009 1 year ago 3.2 -
A male in the water.
Locality Capirenda, Tarija Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 19 July 2006 29 weeks ago 3 -
A bird on the water.
Locality Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 1 September 2003 29 weeks ago 3 -
A bird swimming.
Locality Boyuibe, Santa Cruz Department, Bolivia (Monotypic species)
Joe Tobias 21 July 2006 29 weeks ago 3
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