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This is a stocky grey-brown bird about 70 centimetres (28 in) long with a slightly paler head and upper neck. It has a small black bill and black legs. A chunky mid-sized goose. Standing bird looks fairly dull, gray and dirty white, sometimes showing blue along the edge of the wing. [5] In flight, this species shows a pale blue forewing.
Forecasts can be made by studying habitat condition trends and by interviewing local experts. [1] ... Blue-winged goose: Cyanochen cyanoptera: 3,000-7,000 [32] NT [32 ...
Canada goose Wood duck. Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae The family Anatidae includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl, such as geese and swans. These birds are adapted to an aquatic existence with webbed feet, bills which are flattened to a greater or lesser extent, and feathers that are excellent at shedding water due to special oils.
The snow goose (Anser caerulescens) is a species of goose native to North America. Both white and dark morphs exist, the latter often known as blue goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The species was previously placed in the genus Chen, but is now typically included in the "gray goose" genus Anser. [2] [3]
Canada goose: Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758) 14 Barnacle goose: Branta leucopsis (Bechstein, 1803) 15 Cackling goose: Branta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832) 16 Bar-headed goose: Anser indicus (Latham, 1790) 17 Emperor goose: Anser canagicus (Sevastianov, 1802) 18 Ross's goose: Anser rossii Cassin, 1861: 19 Snow goose: Anser caerulescens ...
Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. Most modern species in the ...
Jack “Goose” Givens scored 2,038 points during his four-year Kentucky basketball career and led the Wildcats to the 1978 national championship. Chet White/UK Athletics Growing up in Lexington
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