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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: 505914
♀  Adult
Las Juntas
Catamarca
Argentina
08/02/2022
Gonzalo Martínez
Foto
Photography ID: 504619
♂ ♀  Adult
La Quebrada
Catamarca
Argentina
06/04/2022
Gonzalo Martínez
Foto
Photography ID: 502026
♀  Adult
El Tala
Catamarca
Argentina
10/15/2021
Gonzalo Martínez
Foto
Photography ID: 458482
♂  Adult
El Tala
Catamarca
Argentina
08/20/2021
Gonzalo Martínez
Foto
Photography ID: 454637
♂ ♀  Adult
Rio El Tala
Catamarca
Argentina
07/16/2021
Lucas J Martin
Foto
Photography ID: 448094
♂  Adult
Las Juntas
Catamarca
Argentina
05/07/2021
Gonzalo Martínez
Foto
Photography ID: 264469
♂  Adult
Aconquija (Las Estancias)
Catamarca
Argentina
05/14/2018
Miguel Andina
Foto
Photography ID: 81819
♀  Adult
Aconquija (Las Estancias)
Catamarca
Argentina
02/09/2015
Miguel Andina
Foto
Photography ID: 81791
♀  Adult
Aconquija (Las Estancias)
Catamarca
Argentina
02/09/2015
Miguel Andina



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Page 1
Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
224401216/01/2025ArgentinaCatamarcaEl Rodeo, AmbatoFabrizio García
163286002/08/2022ArgentinaCatamarcaZona Río Las Trancas, Las JuntasGonzalo Martínez
162925804/06/2022ArgentinaCatamarcaRío El Tala, La QuebradaGonzalo Martínez
157666727/03/2022ArgentinaCatamarcaRío Potrero, Aconquija (Las Estancias)Nancy Regio
157628427/03/2022ArgentinaCatamarcaRío Potrero, Aconquija (Las Estancias)Victor Hugo Michelini
161609615/10/2021ArgentinaCatamarcaKm 22, El TalaGonzalo Martínez
145018220/08/2021ArgentinaCatamarcaQuebrada de El Tala, El TalaGonzalo Martínez
143264516/07/2021ArgentinaCatamarcaKm 10, Rio El Tala2Lucas J Martin
141085507/05/2021ArgentinaCatamarcaZona Río Las Trancas, Las JuntasGonzalo Martínez
75536314/05/2018ArgentinaCatamarcaRío Potrero, Aconquija (Las Estancias)Miguel Andina
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Citation recommended:

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