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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 ...
P. g. gambensis (Linnaeus 1766) (Gambian spur-winged goose) P. g. niger Sclater 1877 (black spur-winged goose) Subfamily Stictonettinae. Genus Stictonetta Reichenbach ...
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.
(The Center Square) – Thousands of snow geese migrating across Pennsylvania have authorities working overtime to mitigate the recent outbreak of bird flu and ensure public safety. The state Game ...
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 ...
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
Swan goose, a domesticated breed that can become feral, but which has difficulty in becoming established. Feral populations known in Europe [3] possibly unsuccessfully introduced to Hawaii; Spur-winged goose, unsuccessfully introduced to Western Australia
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)