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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 ...
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 ...
Plectropterus: spur-winged goose (sub-Saharan Africa) – may be in monotypic subfamily; May belong to Tadorninae, currently placed elsewhere: Aix: Mandarin duck and wood duck (East Asia and North America, respectively) Cairina moschata: Muscovy duck (tropical America; genus Cairina may be paraphyletic) Cereopsis: Cape Barren goose (Australia)
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.
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
A Canada goose tucking its bill under its wing. Anas: pintails, mallards, etc. (40–50 living species, 3 extinct) Chendytes, diving-geese (extinct c. 450–250 BCE, A basal member of the dabbling duck clade [16]) Spatula, shovelers; Mareca, wigeons and gadwalls; Lophonetta, crested duck; Speculanas, bronze-winged duck; Amazonetta, Brazilian teal
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Burundi.The avifauna of Burundi include a total of 700 species, of which 3 have been introduced by humans.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.
Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons (A) Brant, Branta bernicla (A) Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos; Egyptian goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus; Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea (A) Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna; Spur-winged goose, Plectropterus gambensis; African pygmy-goose, Nettapus auritus; Garganey, Spatula querquedula