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The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a large, Sub-Saharan African waterbird in the family Anatidae, which includes geese and shelducks.However, P. gambensis developed unique environmental adaptations, which resulted in the evolution of several anatomical features that are not shared with other anatids; thus, the species has been classified one step further into its own subfamily ...
The spur-winged goose with visible carpal spurs. The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis), the largest of Africa's waterfowl, has prominent carpal spurs [16] which are not visible when the wings are folded. The spur is an extension of the radiale: one of the two distal carpal bones.
P. g. gambensis (Linnaeus 1766) (Gambian spur-winged goose) P. g. niger Sclater 1877 (black spur-winged goose) Subfamily Stictonettinae. Genus Stictonetta Reichenbach ...
Can sometimes outfly the swift as it eats them and catches them on the wing. Frigatebird: Fregata: Fregatidae [15] 153 km/h 95 mph Slow gliding/soaring high aspect ratio Spur-winged goose: Plectropterus: Anatidae [16] 143 km/h 89 mph High-speed wings Red-breasted merganser: Mergus serrator: Anatidae [17] 130 km/h 81 mph High–aspect ratio ...
Spur-winged goose: Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) 42 Comb duck: ... Blue-winged goose: Cyanochen cyanoptera (Rüppell, 1845) 45 Egyptian goose:
Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766) Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (Pallas, 1764) Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (Linnaeus, 1758) Spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) (I) Garganey, Spatula querquedula (Linnaeus, 1758) Blue-winged teal, Spatula discors (Linnaeus, 1766) (A)
The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is most closely related to the shelducks, but distinct enough to warrant its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae. The blue-winged goose (Cyanochen cyanopterus) and the Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) have disputed affinities.
Blue-winged goose, Cyanochen cyanopterus (E) Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos; Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiaca; Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea; Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna (A) Spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis; African pygmy-goose, Nettapus auritus; Garganey, Spatula querquedula; Blue-billed teal, Spatula hottentota