Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae) - HBW 1
Coscoroba Swan (Coscoroba coscoroba)
French: Coscoroba blanc
German: Coscorobaschwan
Spanish: Cisne Coscoroba
Taxonomy: Anas Coscoroba Molina, 1782, Chile.
A distinctive species, to some extent intermediate between swans and geese, yet some authors consider it to be most closely related to whistling ducks (Dendrocygnini). Monotypic.
Distribution: S South America from Tierra del Fuego N to C Chile and N Argentina; winters N to SE Brazil.
- Least Concern
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A pair on the water; the male flapping its wings Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2003 5 years ago 21 sec 4.5 -
A bird swimming, preening and feeding Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Anna Motis 28 August 2004 3 years ago 43 sec 4.3 -
A pair at the water´s edge Porvenir, Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 30 October 2003 5 years ago 29 sec 4 -
A group of birds standing and preening Costanera Sur Ecological Reserve, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina (Monotypic species)
Gus Yaki 29 January 2000 2 years ago 10 sec 3.5 -
A pair on the water; the male preening Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 28 October 2003 5 years ago 28 sec 3.5 -
A bird sailing Curitiba Zoo, Paraná, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 16 May 2005 3 years ago 30 sec 3.5
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Near the face Argentina
Rafael Zamora Padr... 7 August 2009 30 weeks ago 4 -
Coscoroba Swan Brazil
Jérôme Fournier 18 December 2009 15 weeks ago 3.5 -
A bird swimming Taim Ecological Station, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (Monotypic species)
Cláudio Dias Timm 13 June 2009 31 weeks ago 3 -
Coscoroba at Batuco Marsh, Chile. This nature sanctuary is a little NW of Santiago and they serve the greatest empanadas in the Chile
LHarding 30 September 2007 1 year ago 2
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Birds singing on a lake Taim Ecological Station, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
(Monotypic species)
Cláudio Dias Timm 25 July 2009 31 weeks ago 2
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