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Torrent Duck

Merganetta armata
Gould, J, 1842
Pato de los Torrentes
Family: Anatidae
Order: Anseriformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Records from Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala

Conservation Status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern
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Other common names: Pato Cortacorrientes.

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Foto
Photography ID: 656017
♂ ♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 656016
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 656015
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 656014
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 656013
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Eduardo Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 654762
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 654761
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 654760
♂  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 654759
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
09/16/2025
Sergio Cusano
Foto
Photography ID: 639803
♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
01/08/2025
Gustavo Marasco
Foto
Photography ID: 636961
♂ ♀  Adult
Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala
Jujuy
Argentina
05/15/2025
Dolores Fernandez



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
237229716/09/2025ArgentinaJujuyRío Las Horquetas, Parque Provincial Potrero de YalaEduardo Cusano
236971916/09/2025ArgentinaJujuyRío Las Horquetas, Parque Provincial Potrero de YalaSergio Cusano
235971312/09/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de Yala1Matias M. Chavez
236446911/09/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de Yala1Gabriel Carbajales
234906605/07/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaGuillermo Marcaida
231551105/07/202518:22ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaGuillermo Marcaida
229494715/05/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaDolores Fernandez
230659108/01/2025ArgentinaJujuyParque Provincial Potrero de YalaGustavo Marasco
221207329/09/2024ArgentinaJujuyRío Yala a la altura de la toma de agua, Parque Provincial Potrero de YalaJorge Schlemmer
219931529/09/2024ArgentinaJujuyRío Yala, Parque Provincial Potrero de Yala1Pablo Eguia
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EcoRegistros. 2026. Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 10/03/2026.