Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) - HBW 1, p. 599
French: Merganette des torrents
German: Sturzbachente
Spanish: Pato Torrentero
Other common names: Argentine/Chilean Torrent Duck (armata); Colombian Torrent Duck (colombiana); Peruvian Torrent Duck (leucogenis, turneri)
Taxonomy: Merganetta armata Gould, 1842, Andes of Chile, lat. 34° 35° S.
Taxonomic status of races leucogenis, turneri, garleppi and berlepschi unclear; may be better considered as colour morphs of a single subspecies (leucogenis), since birds resembling different races occur together on the same rivers in Peru. Six subspecies normally recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- colombiana Des Murs, 1845 - Andes from Venezuela to N Ecuador.
- leucogenis (Tschudi, 1843) - Andes from C Ecuador to C Peru.
- turneri P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869 - Andes of S Peru.
- colombiana Des Murs, 1845 - Andes from Venezuela to N Ecuador.
- leucogenis (Tschudi, 1843) - Andes from C Ecuador to C Peru.
- turneri P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1869 - Andes of S Peru.
- garleppi Berlepsch, 1894 - Andes of Bolivia.
- berlepschi Hartert, 1909 - Andes of N Chile and NW Argentina.
- armata Gould, 1842 - most of Andes of Chile and Argentina.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Different views of a male foraging at a fast streaming river. Locality Rincón, Huánuco Department, Peru (ssp leucogenis)
Yoel Jimenez 4 November 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 39 sec 4.5 -
the family group on a boulder Locality Santo Domingo River, Barinas State, Venezuela (ssp colombiana)
DAVID ASCANIO 11 February 2011 2 years ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A male standing on a stream is joined by a swimming female. On second cut the whole family swims upstream. Locality Neuquén Province, Argentina (ssp armata)
German Pugnali 5 January 2008 4 years ago 34 sec 4.3 -
Two males displaying on the same rock Locality Urubamba River, Cusco Department, Peru (ssp transitional leucogenys / turneri)
Josep del Hoyo 27 July 2005 7 years ago 43 sec 4.2 -
A male drinking water from a fast flowing river. Locality Rincón, Huánuco Department, Peru (ssp leucogenis)
Yoel Jimenez 4 November 2012 9 weeks ago 37 sec 4.2 -
A bird on a plentiful river Mindo Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (ssp colombiana)
Juan Sanabria 1 April 2006 3 years ago 28 sec 4.1
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Male sitting on a rock in the river, a female was swimming close by.
Locality Guango Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp colombiana)
Sam Woods 1 May 2005 3 years ago 4.4 -
A pair standing on a stone
Locality Guango Lodge, Napo Province, Ecuador (ssp colombiana)
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 16 October 2009 3 years ago 4.3 -
This female was found on Malargue river.
Locality Malargüe, Mendoza Province, Argentina
Leandro Herrainz 3 April 2012 33 weeks ago 4 -
On the rock
Locality Torres del Paine National Park, Magallanes Region, Chile (ssp armata)
oleicfrisbee 2 years ago 3.6 -
Taken at Santo Domingo River, near to El Baho
Locality Mérida State, Venezuela (ssp colombiana)
Denis Alexander Torres 15 January 2012 49 weeks ago 3.5 -
Female on a rock at Otún River
Locality Otún Quimbaya Sanctuary, Pereira, Risaralda Department, Colombia (ssp colombiana)
mauricio rueda 28 December 2010 2 years ago 3.5
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