DUCKS and GEESE have wide bills and feet
PATOS y GANSOS tienen picos y patas anchas
No running to start taking off as they go directly into flight. Many species hybridized. Many species of ducks and geese are domesticated and they are heavier than the wild species. Total of 25 species of ducks and geese.
No necesitan correr para iniciar vuelo. Algunas especies producen híbridos. Muchas especies de patos y gansos son domesticadas y generalmente más pesadas que las silvestres. Existen 25 especies de patos y gansos.
BLACK-BELLIED
WHISTLING DUCK
Name in Spanish: Iguaza Común or Pisingo
Size/Tamaño: 20 in | 52 cm
Location: In marshes and ricefields, in lowlands of nthe Andes and north of the country
Altura: <2700 m
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
White-FACE
WHISTLING DUCK
Name in Spanish: Iguaza careta
Size/Tamaño: 18 in | 47 cm
Location: Marshes and rice fields, north of the country and most of the Llanos
Altura: < 2700 m
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK
Name in Spanish: Iguaza María
Size/Tamaño: 21 in | 55 cm
Location: Marshes and rice fields, north of the country, transient in east of the country
Altura: < 2700 m
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
MUSCOVY DUCK
Name in Spanish: Pato Real
Size/Tamaño: 33 in | 85 cm
Location: Andes mountains Llanos and North of Colombia
Altura: < 500 m
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
Gadwall
Name in Spanish: Pato Friso
Size/Tamaño: 17 in | 45 cm
Location: Very rare recorded in San Andres
Altura: Sea level
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
Anas strepera
Male ♂︎
Anas strepera
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
Name in Spanish: Barrequete Aliazul
Size/Tamaño: 16 in | 40 cm
Location: Found throughout the country
Altura: < 3500 m
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
Anas discors
Male ♂︎
Anas discors
Northern Shoveler
Name in Spanish: Pato Cucharo
Size/Tamaño: 19 in | 48 cm
Location: Migrant to Caribbean and Andes. Found mostly in the North
Altura: <2600 m
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
MALLARD
Name in Spanish: Pato Real
Size/Tamaño: 23 in | 58.42 cm
Location: Vagrant in Llanos and East Andes
Altura: <3000 m
Status:
Photos by: Luis A. Materón ©
Species of the family Anatidae to photograph
Species de la familia Anatidae por fotografiar
Scientific Name |
Name in Spanish |
Name in English |
Neochen jubata |
Pato Carretero |
Orinoco Goose |
Sarkidiornis melanotos |
Pato Crestudo |
Comb Duck |
Amazonetta brasiliensis |
Pato Brasileño |
Brazilian Teal |
Merganetta armata |
Pato de Torrentes |
Torrent Duck |
Anas americana |
Pato Americano |
American Wigeon |
Anas crecca |
Pato Aliverde |
Green-winged Teal |
Anas andium |
Cerceta Barcina |
Andean Teal |
Anas acuta |
Pato Rabo-de-gallo |
Northern Pintail |
Anas georgica |
Pato Piquidorado |
Yellow-billed Pintail |
Anas bahamensis |
Pato Cariblanco |
White-cheeked Pintail |
Anas cyanoptera |
Pato Colorado |
Cinnamon Teal |
Anas clypeata |
Pato Cucharo |
Northern Shoveler |
Netta erythrophthalma |
Pato Negro |
Southern Pochard |
Aythya collaris |
Pato Collarejo |
Ring-necked Duck |
Aythya affinis |
Pato Canadiense |
Lesser Scaup |
Nomonyx dominicus |
Pato Enmascarado |
Masked Duck |
Oxyura jamaicensis |
Pato Rufo |
Ruddy Duck |
Melanitta americana |
Negron Americano |
Black Scoter |
Mergus serrator |
Serreta Mediana |
Red-breasted Merganser |