---
title: "Torpedówka magellańska"
description: "Tachyeres pteneres — Ptaki. The flightless steamer-duck (Tachyeres pteneres), Magellanic flightless steamer-duck, or Fuegian steamer duck, is a flightless duck native to South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/flightless-steamer-duck
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Torpedówka magellańska

> Tachyeres pteneres — Ptaki. The flightless steamer-duck  (Tachyeres pteneres), Magellanic flightless steamer-duck, or Fuegian steamer duck, is a flightless duck native to South America.

- Scientific name: *Tachyeres pteneres*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Jeziora i rzeki), `sea` (Morze i wybrzeże)
- iNaturalist observations: 1186
- Wikidata: [Q979562](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q979562)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7135](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7135)

## Names

- en: Flightless Steamer Duck
- de: Magellan-Dampfschiffente
- es: Pato vapor no volador
- fr: Brassemer cendré
- nl: Reuzenbooteend
- pt: Pato-vapor-cinzento
- pl: Torpedówka magellańska

## Countries with the most observations

CL (507), AR (429)

## Summary

The flightless steamer-duck  (Tachyeres pteneres), Magellanic flightless steamer-duck, or Fuegian steamer duck, is a flightless duck native to South America. It belongs to the steamer duck genus Tachyeres. It inhabits the rocky coasts and coastal islands from southern Chile and Chiloé to Tierra del Fuego, switching to the adjacent sheltered bays and lakes further inland when breeding.

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

## Photo

![Torpedówka magellańska](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/flightless-steamer-duck/medium.jpg)

Photo: Hugo Hulsberg · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337227553

## Machine access

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