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Photo by BirdsPeru
Ticlio, Lima, Peru, August 2006
Chloephaga melanoptera

Identification

White body, black in wings and tail, tiny pink bill with a black tip, salmon pink legs and feet.
Sexes similar, but female smaller.

Distribution

Andes of southern Peru to north-western Argentina and central Chile

Taxonomy

Monoptypic. [1]

Photo by BirdsPeru
Lima, Peru, December 2006

Habitat

Lakes and marshes in the high Andes.

Behaviour

Terrestrial; avoids swimming. 2, though a BF gallery comment observes them on the water.

Diet

The diet includes grasses and aquatic plants.

Breeding

It nests on the ground in a bare scrape near water, laying 6-10 eggs.

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
  2. Wikipedia

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