---
title: "Vliegende booteend"
description: "Tachyeres patachonicus — Vogels. The flying steamer duck (Tachyeres patachonicus), also known as the flying steamer-duck or flying steamerduck, is a species of South American duck in the family Anatidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/flying-steamer-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Vliegende booteend

> Tachyeres patachonicus — Vogels. The flying steamer duck (Tachyeres patachonicus), also known as the flying steamer-duck or flying steamerduck, is a species of South American duck in the family Anatidae.

- Scientific name: *Tachyeres patachonicus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 1483
- Wikidata: [Q241198](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q241198)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7133](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7133)

## Names

- en: Flying Steamer Duck
- de: Langflügel-Dampfschiffente
- es: Pato vapor volador
- fr: Brassemer de Patagonie
- nl: Vliegende booteend
- pt: Pato-vapor-voador
- pl: Torpedówka lotna

## Countries with the most observations

AR (929), CL (332)

## Summary

The flying steamer duck (Tachyeres patachonicus), also known as the flying steamer-duck or flying steamerduck, is a species of South American duck in the family Anatidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_steamer_duck

## Photo

![Vliegende booteend](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flying-steamer-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20451286

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/flying-steamer-duck?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).