Flightless Steamer Duck Photos, Tachyeres brachypterus

Flightless steamer duck, on sand beach. The flightless steamer duck is a marine duck which occupies and guards a set length of coastline as its territory and, as its name suggests, cannot fly.
Species: Flightless steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23766  

Flightless steamer duck, on sand beach. The flightless steamer duck is a marine duck which occupies and guards a set length of coastline as its territory and, as its name suggests, cannot fly.
Species: Flightless steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23767  

Flightless steamer duck, on sand beach. The flightless steamer duck is a marine duck which occupies and guards a set length of coastline as its territory and, as its name suggests, cannot fly.
Species: Flightless steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23768  

Gentoo penguin coming ashore, after foraging at sea, walking through ocean water as it wades onto a sand beach. Adult gentoo penguins grow to be 30" and 19lb in size. They feed on fish and crustaceans. Gentoo penguins reside in colonies well inland from the ocean, often formed of a circular collection of stones gathered by the penguins.
Species: Flightless steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Location: New Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23824  

Flightless steamer duck, male, with ducklings, swimming in the ocean.
Species: Flightless steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 23974  

Flightless steamer duck.
Species: Flightless steamer duck, Tachyeres brachypterus
Location: Carcass Island, Falkland Islands, United Kingdom
Image ID: 24030