Speculanas specularis (Spectacled Duck)

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Spectacled Duck

Speculanas specularis (King, PP, 1828)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto, macaulaylibrary.org & avocet.zoology.msu.edu.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
Bronze-winged Duck - Speculanas specularis	Andrew Spencer	2012-11-14	PN Torres del Paine, XII Region, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena (Chile) (160 m)	call - calls from a pair of birds leading six young chicks on a small roadside pond. The female bird is giving the quacks, and the male the wheezy whistles. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	115890 xeno-canto.org
Bronze-winged Duck - Speculanas specularis	Andrew Spencer	2011-11-09	Lago Colbun, VII Region, Maule (Chile) (400 m)	call (A) - calls from a pair of chicks separated from their parents.	92060 xeno-canto.org
Bronze-winged Duck - Speculanas specularis	GABRIEL LEITE	2020-01-07	El Chaltén, Lago Argentino Department, Santa Cruz, Lago Argentino (Argentina) (420 m)	adult, call, male - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	521634 xeno-canto.org
Bronze-winged Duck - Speculanas specularis	Andrew Spencer	16-11-2011	PN Torres del Paine, XII Region, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena (Chile) (150 m)	call (A) - calls from a pair of birds (the quacks from the female, the whistles from the male) as they flushed upon my approach.	90456 xeno-canto.org
Bronze-winged Duck - Speculanas specularis	Andrew Spencer	2011-11-09	Lago Colbun, VII Region, Maule (Chile) (400 m)	call (A) - calls from a female bird flushing and then performing a distraction display while the male hid in some brush with three chicks.	92061 xeno-canto.org
Spectacled Duck - Speculanas specularis	Andrew Spencer	2011-11-14	PN Torres del Paine--Laguna Paso, Magallanes, Chile, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena (Chile)	- calls from a pair of birds leading six young chicks on a small roadside pond. The female bird is giving the quacks, and the male the wheezy whistles.	124451631 macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Duck - Speculanas specularis	Cristobal Robinson	2019-02-03	Lagunitas con juncos cerca de la ruta 60, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina, Santa Cruz (Argentina)	-	138925201 macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Duck - Speculanas specularis	Andrew Spencer	2011-11-16	PN Torres del Paine--Laguna Paso, Magallanes, Chile, Magallanes y Antártica Chilena (Chile)	- calls from a pair of birds (the quacks from the female, the whistles from the male) as they flushed off a small roadside pond upon my approach.	124451381 macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Duck - Speculanas specularis	Gabriel Leite	2020-01-05	PN Los Glaciares (AICA SC14)--El Chaltén, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina, Santa Cruz (Argentina)	-	202227441 macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Duck - Speculanas specularis	Santiago Imberti	2001-11-28	PN Glaciares, área Moreno, Lago Argentino, Santa Cruz, Argentina, Santa Cruz (Argentina)	-	160486761 macaulaylibrary.org
Spectacled Duck - Speculanas specularis	Santiago Imberti	2021-02-07	Rio Rubens, Natales, Magallanes, Chile, null	-	336500211 macaulaylibrary.org

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