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<\/a>A male canvasback flexing his wings<\/p><\/div>\n
I’m appending below some new species – new for me, that is. These don’t really belong in my birding collection but they are all God’s creatures, as it were, and I see no harm in displaying them here. However, it should be said that little skill was required in finding or photographing these birds – the only real problem I had was getting far enough away from them to use a 400mm lens, a real problem with some ducks that\u00a0rush up to you expecting a handful of grain!<\/p>\n
As usual, all the photos were taken by me, and on the day; all with my Canon 7D and 400mm lens, without flash. Click on any image for slide show only, or scroll down for commented version. Comments on distribution have been adapted from English or Spanish language Wikipedia<\/em> entries. Photos appear BELOW name and distribution details.<\/p>\n American Flamingo – <\/strong>Phoenicopterus ruber<\/em> American flamingo<\/p><\/div>\n Andean Flamingo – <\/strong>Phoenicoparrus andinus<\/em> Andean flamingo<\/p><\/div>\n Andean Goose – <\/strong>Chloephaga melanoptera<\/em> Andean Goose<\/p><\/div>\n Australian Shoveler – <\/strong>Anas rhynchotis<\/em> Australian shoveller<\/p><\/div>\n Bar-headed Goose – <\/strong>Anser indicus<\/em> Bar-headed goose<\/p><\/div>\n Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – <\/strong>Dendrocygna autumnalis<\/em> Black-bellied whistling duck<\/p><\/div>\n Canvasback – <\/strong>Aythya valisineria<\/em> Canvasback<\/p><\/div>\n Cape Barren Goose – <\/strong>Cereopsis novaehollandiae<\/em> Cape barren goose<\/p><\/div>\n Comb Duck – <\/strong>Sarkidiornis melanotos<\/em> Comb duck<\/p><\/div>\n Common Crane – <\/strong>Grus grus<\/em> Common crane<\/p><\/div>\n Common Redshank – <\/strong>Tringa totanus<\/em> Redshank<\/p><\/div>\n Emperor Goose – <\/strong>Chen canagica<\/em> Emperor goose<\/p><\/div>\n Eurasian wigeon –\u00a0<\/b>Anas penelope<\/i> Eurasian wigeon<\/p><\/div>\n Falcated Duck – <\/strong>Anas falcata<\/em> Falcated duck<\/p><\/div>\n Gray Crowned-Crane – <\/strong>Balearica regulorum<\/em> Grey-crowned crane<\/p><\/div>\n Greater Flamingo – <\/strong>Phoenicopterus roseus<\/em> Greater flamingo<\/p><\/div>\n Greater White-fronted Goose – <\/strong>Anser albifrons<\/em><\/p>\n Subspecies A. a. albifrons breeds in the far north of Europe and Asia, and winters further south and west in Europe. The very distinct Greenland white-fronted goose, A. a. flavirostris, breeds in western Greenland, and winters in Ireland and western Scotland.<\/p>\n Greater white-fronted goose<\/p><\/div>\n Lesser Flamingo – <\/strong>Phoenicopterus minor<\/em> Lesser flamingo<\/p><\/div>\n Magpie Goose – <\/strong>Anseranas semipalmata<\/em> Magpie goose<\/p><\/div>\n Maned Duck – <\/strong>Chenonetta jubata<\/em> Maned duck<\/p><\/div>\n Plumed Whistling-Duck – <\/strong>Dendrocygna eytoni<\/em> Plumed whistling duck<\/p><\/div>\n Puna Teal – <\/strong>Anas puna<\/em> Puna Teal<\/p><\/div>\n Red Shoveler – <\/strong>Anas platalea<\/em> Red shoveller<\/p><\/div>\n Red-breasted Goose – <\/strong>Branta ruficollis<\/em> Red-breasted goose<\/p><\/div>\n Red-crested Pochard – <\/strong>Netta rufina<\/em> Red-crested pochard<\/p><\/div>\n Ruddy Shelduck – <\/strong>Tadorna ferruginea<\/em> Ruddy shelduck<\/p><\/div>\n Tundra Swan – <\/strong>Cygnus columbianus<\/em> Tundra Swan, aka Bewick’s swan<\/p><\/div>\n West Indian Whistling-Duck – <\/strong>Dendrocygna arborea<\/em> West Indian whistling duck<\/p><\/div>\n White-cheeked Pintail – <\/strong>Anas bahamensis<\/em> White-cheeked pintail<\/p><\/div>\n White-headed Duck – <\/strong>Oxyura leucocephala<\/em> White-headed duck<\/p><\/div>\n Wood Duck – <\/strong>Aix sponsa<\/em> Wood duck, aka Carolina duck<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Last Sunday, 18 January 2015, I visited Slimbridge. In fact, I did very little bird watching in the sense of observing wild birds. It was my first visit to Slimbridge and I mainly enjoyed myself plodding around the ponds where … Continue reading
\nAlso known as the Caribbean flamingo, but not the best name as it also appears in the Gal\u00e1pagos. The only flamingo which naturally inhabits North America.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in Andean wetlands from southern Per\u00fa to northwestern Argentina and northern Chile.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nLives in lakes and marshes high up in the Andes, usually well above 3000 metres.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in southwestern and southeastern Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds in Central Asia and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds from the southernmost United States and tropical Central to south-central South America.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds in North America prairie potholes. Important breeding areas are the subarctic river deltas in Saskatchewan and the interior of Alaska.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA large goose that lives in southern Australia.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in tropical wetlands in sub-Saharan Africa, Madagascar and south Asia from Pakistan to Laos and extreme southern China. It also occurs in continental South America south to the Paraguay River region in eastern Paraguay, southeastern Brazil and the extreme northeast of Argentina, and as a vagrant in Trinidad.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in the northern parts of Europe and Asia.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA widespread breeding bird across temperate Eurasia. A migratory species, wintering on coasts around the Mediterranean, on the Atlantic coast of Europe from Great Britain southwards, and in South Asia.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, USA, but also in Kamchatka, Russia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in the Aleutian Islands.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds in the northernmost areas of Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory and winters further south than its breeding range. It migrates to southern Asia and Africa.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds in eastern Asia. It nests in eastern Russia, in Khabarovsk, Primorskiy, Amur, Chita, Buryatia, Irkutsk, Tuva, eastern Krasnoyarsk, south central Sakha Sakhalin, extreme northeastern North Korea and northern China, in northeastern Inner Mongolia, and northern Heilongjiang, and in northern Japan, Hokkaid\u014d, Aomori, and the Kuril Islands.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in dry savannah in Africa south of the Sahara, although it nests in somewhat wetter habitats. They can also be found in marshes, cultivated lands and grassy flatlands near rivers and lakes in Uganda and Kenya, and south to South Africa.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in parts of Africa, southern Asia (coastal regions of Pakistan and India), and southern Europe (including Spain, Albania, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Portugal, Italy and the Camargue region of France).<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>
\nA species of flamingo occurring in sub-Saharan Africa with another population in India.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in coastal northern Australia and savannah in southern New Guinea, where it also breeds.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nWidespread in Australia, including Tasmania.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds in New Guinea and Australia.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nResident in the Andes of Peru, western Bolivia, northern Chile, and extreme northwestern Argentina. Found on the larger lakes and pools in the altiplano.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in southern South America, in Argentina, southern Peru, southern Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, southern Brazil, and Chile. In winter the southernmost birds migrate north to Brazil and Peru.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds in Arctic Siberia, mainly on the Taymyr Peninsula, with smaller populations in the Gydan and Yamal peninsulas. Most winter along the northwestern shores of the Black Sea in Bulgaria, Romania and Ukraine (occasionally moving further southwest to Greece), but some winter in Azerbaijan.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nIts breeding habitat is lowland marshes and lakes in southern Europe and Central Asia, wintering in the Indian Subcontinent and Africa.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nVery small resident populations in north west Africa and Ethiopia, but the main breeding area of this species is from southeast Europe across central Asia to Southeast Asia.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nAlso known as Bewick’s swan. Breeds in the Arctic and subarctic tundra, moving south in winter.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA whistling duck that breeds in the Caribbean, also known as black-billed whistling duck and Cuban whistling duck.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nFound in the Caribbean, South America, and the Gal\u00e1pagos Islands.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nBreeds in Spain and North Africa, with a larger population in western and central Asia.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nA species of perching duck found in North America.<\/p>\n<\/a>