Distribution and habitat selection of the Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla)

Milton W. Weller

doi:10.56178/eh.v10i4.1293

Articles Published 01 December 1967 https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v10i4.1293

Distribution and habitat selection of the Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla)

Heteronetta atricapilla Black-headed Duck Distribution Habitat selection

Milton W. Weller

Abstract

The Black-headed Duck is found in the temperate or, rarely, subtropical zones of South America, including most of central and northern Argentina, coastal Uruguay, the south coastal tip of Brazil, central Paraguay and central Chile. Only one record is known from eastern Bolivia. Breeding records are known only for Argentina, Chile and Paraguay. Unlike northern hemisphere ducks, there is no clear-cut geographic difference between breeding and non-breeding ranges. Migration is probable, but its extent is uncertain. Although there is not a complete exodus from the breeding areas in Buenos Aires Province, concentrations are common in northwestern Argentina. Additional banding data are needed badly. Throughout their range, Black-headed Ducks are found mainly in semi-permanent, fresh marshes dominated by juncos. Throughout Argentina, Rosy-billed Pochards frequented the same areas.

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Milton W. Weller (1967). Distribution and habitat selection of the Black-headed Duck (Heteronetta atricapilla). El Hornero, Vol. 10 No. 4 (1967), 299-306. https://doi.org/10.56178/eh.v10i4.1293

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[1] Azara, F. de. 1805. Apuntamientos para la historia natural de los páxaros del Paraguay y Río de la Plata, Vol. III. Madrid, D.M. Ibarra.

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[3] Cawkell, E.M. & el fallecido J.E. Hamilton. 1961. The birds of the Falkland Islands. Ibis 103a(1): 1–27.

[4] Cuello, J. & E. Gerzenstein. 1962. Las aves del Uruguay. Comunicaciones Zoológicas del Museo de Historia Natural de Montevideo, 6(93): 1–191.

[5] Durnford, H. 1878. Notes on the birds of the Province of Buenos Aires. Ibis (Ser. 4), 2: 58–68.

[6] Giacomelli, E. 1923. Catálogo sistemático de las aves útiles y nocivas de la provincia de La Rioja. Hornero, 3: 66–84.

[7] Gibson, E. 1920. Further ornithological notes from the neighborhood of Cape San Antonio, Province of Buenos Aires. Ibis (Ser. 11), 12: 1–97.

[8] Goodall, J.D., A.W. Johnson & R.A. Philippi. 1951. Las aves de Chile, Vol. II. Buenos Aires, 442 p.

[9] Goodall, J.D., A.W. Johnson & R.A. Philippi. 1964. Segundo suplemento de "Las aves de Chile". Buenos Aires, pp. 443–531.

[10] Grant, C.H.B. 1911. List of birds collected in Argentina, Paraguay, Bolivia and southern Brazil, with field notes. Part II: Picariae–Anatinae. Ibis (Ser. 9), 5: 317–349.

[11] Hartert, E. & S. Venturi. 1909. Notes sur les oiseaux de la République Argentine. Novitates Zoologicae, Tring, 16(2): 159–267.

[12] Hellmayr, C.E. 1932. The birds of Chile. Field Museum of Natural History, Publ. 380 (Zool. Ser. 19): 1–472.

[13] Hellmayr, C.E. & B. Conover. 1941. Catalogue of birds of the Americas. Field Museum of Natural History (Zool. Ser.) 13(Part 1, No. 2): 1–436.

[14] Holland, A.H. 1891. Further notes on the birds of the Argentine Republic. Ibis (Ser. 6), 9: 16–20.

[15] Holland, A.H. 1892. Short notes on the birds of the Estancia Espartilla, Argentine Republic. Ibis (Ser. 6), 4: 193–214.

[16] Lillo, M. 1902. Aves de la provincia de Tucumán. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, 3: 169–221.

[17] Lynch-Arribálzaga, E. 1878. Rápida ojeada sobre la fauna del Bañado. Naturalista Argentino, 1(4): 101–107.

[18] Olrog, C.C. 1963a. Lista y distribución de las aves argentinas. Instituto Lillo, Tucumán, Opera Lilloana, 9: 1–343.

[19] Olrog, C.C. 1963b. El anillado de aves en la Argentina. 1961–63. Neotrópica (Suplemento), 9(29): 1–8.

[20] Pereyra, J.A. 1937. Viaje al paraíso de nuestras aves acuáticas. Hornero, 6: 466–476.

[21] Sclater, P.L. & O. Salvin. 1876. A revision of the Neotropical Anatidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, 1876: 358–412.

[22] Scott, P. 1954. South America: 1953. Wildfowl Trust Annual Report 6: 54–69.

[23] Sellick, C. 1962. In search of ducks in South America. Wildfowl Trust Annual Report 15: 155–165.

[24] Steinbacher, J. 1962. Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Vögel von Paraguay. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, 502: 1–106.

[25] Stresemann, A.B. & E.A. Deautier. 1936. Catálogo sistemático de las aves de la República Argentina. Obra Científica del Museo de La Plata, Vol. I(2): 1–256.

[26] Wace, R.H. 1921. Lista de aves de las Islas Falkland. Hornero, 2: 194–204.

[27] Wied, Príncipe Maximiliano de. 1832. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien, Vol. IV. Weimar, Im Verlag des Landes-Industrie-Comptoirs, 946 p.

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[29] Wilson, A.S. 1923. Huevos de pato en un nido de chimango. Hornero, 3: 19.