GALLERIES > BIRDS > ANSERIFORMES > ANATIDAE > CRESTED DUCK [Lophonetta specularioides] [plot on map]
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland IslandsGPS: -51.3S, -60.5W, elev=32' MAP Date: January 8, 2010 ID : 7C2V7787 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Carcass Island, Falkland IslandsGPS: -51.3S, -60.5W, elev=32' MAP Date: January 8, 2010 ID : 7C2V7739 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Saunders Island, Falkland IslandsGPS: -51.3S, -60.2W, elev=169' MAP Date: January 9, 2010 ID : 7C2V8243 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Saunders Island, Falkland IslandsGPS: -51.3S, -60.2W, elev=169' MAP Date: January 9, 2010 ID : 7C2V8249 [3888 x 2592]
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Location: Carcass Island, Falkland IslandsGPS: -51.3S, -60.5W, elev=32' MAP Date: January 8, 2010 ID : 7C2V7808 [3888 x 2592]
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SPECIES INFO
The Crested Duck (Lophonetta specularioides) is a species of duck native to South America, the only member of the monotypic genus Lophonetta. It is sometimes included in Anas, but it belongs to a South American clade that diverged early in dabbling duck evolution (Johnson & Sorenson, 1999). There are two subspecies: L. specularioides alticola (Andean Crested Duck) and L. specularioides specularioides (Southern Crested Duck). The Southern Crested Duck is also called the Patagonia Crested Duck and its range is the Falklands, Chile, and Argentina.
It feeds on invertebrates and algae, and prefers shallow coatal regions. It nests in shrubbery near water and lays 5 to 7 eggs.
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