CRESTED DUCK: Lophonetta specularioides

Inhabits lakes and rivers and Patagonian Andean and coastal seawater.
Distrustful. Presents a small nuchal crest. Green wing mirror reflections
purple, black and white stripe belt. The tail is sharp, diamond shaped.

   CRESTED DUCK: Lophonetta specularioides specularioides


 
It inhabits rivers and mountain lakes. In Patagonia, reaches the Atlantic coast.   
Characteristic red eyes.


         
Images taken on the coast patagonica   
       
                       
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CRESTED DUCK: Lophonetta specularioides alticola

 Inhabits aquatic environments above 2000 m Mendoza from Jujuy.
 Similar to its southern congener. Something bigger, with iris orange or yellow-orange.
     

       
 Photographs taken in Antofagasta de la Sierra, Catamarca province.