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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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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

Other common names: Pato Cortacorrientes.

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Last published photographs

Foto
Photography ID: 578408
♂  Adult
Camino sin nombrar
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/21/2024
Santiago Juan Torres
Foto
Photography ID: 532732
♂ ♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
01/05/2014
Fernando Rasmussen
Foto
Photography ID: 482549
♂ ♀ El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/11/2022
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 482547
♂ ♀ El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/11/2022
Gustavo Fernando Durán
Foto
Photography ID: 344938
♀  Adult
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/27/2018
Alan Feyt
Foto
Photography ID: 344937
♂  Adult
Parque Nacional Los Glaciares
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/27/2018
Alan Feyt
Foto
Photography ID: 131661
♀  Adult
Estancia Los Huemules
Santa Cruz
Argentina
11/18/2015
Santiago Sainz-trápaga
Foto
Photography ID: 128880
♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/15/2015
Luciano Acquaviva
Foto
Photography ID: 128871
♂ ♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
03/15/2015
Luciano Acquaviva
Foto
Photography ID: 41978
♂ ♀  Adult
El Chaltén
Santa Cruz
Argentina
10/06/2013
Bismar Rossi
Foto
Photography ID: 38662
♂ ♀  Adult
Lago del Desierto
Santa Cruz
Argentina
02/10/2014
Julián Tocce



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
219288621/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino sin nombrar1Gisela Ballent
195309021/01/2024ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino sin nombrar1Santiago Juan Torres
154545511/02/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzRío Fitz Roy, cercano a Laguna Torre, El Chaltén2Gustavo Fernando Durán
154113930/01/2022ArgentinaSanta CruzCamino sin nombrar2Sebastián Alvarado
126976210/03/2019ArgentinaSanta CruzEa. Los Huemules (Santa Cruz), Lago Argentino1Mariano Micheluzzi
95780527/10/2018ArgentinaSanta CruzParque Nacional Los GlaciaresAlan Feyt
124443812/02/2017ArgentinaSanta CruzCamping De Agostini, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares2Oscar Vilches Mendoza
175149318/03/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzLago del Desierto - P.N. Los GlaciaresGerardo Lloret
175464708/03/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzSeccionales El Chaltén, Pasarela Glaciar P. Moreno & Seccional Lago Roca, Parque Nacional Los GlaciaresGerardo Lloret
42289630/01/2016ArgentinaSanta CruzZona Laguna Torre, El ChalténAstrid Wessels
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 22/03/2026.