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  2. African goose - Wikipedia

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    The African Goose is one of two domestic goose breeds that derive from the wild species Anser cygnoides, the other being the Chinese, to which it is closely related. [9]: 364 [3] Domestication took place in north Asia, and birds of this type were later brought to Europe, possibly via Madagascar; [10] they were present in Britain before the end of the seventeenth century.

  3. African pygmy goose - Wikipedia

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    The African pygmy goose was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in his Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux in 1785. [4] The bird was also illustrated in a hand-coloured plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. [5]

  4. List of Anatidae species - Wikipedia

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    Greylag goose: Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) 21 Swan goose: Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758) 22 Taiga bean goose: Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) 23 Pink-footed goose: Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834: 24 Tundra bean goose: Anser serrirostris Gould, 1852: 25 Greater white-fronted goose: Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) 26 Lesser white-fronted goose

  5. Egyptian goose - Wikipedia

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    The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an African member of the Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans. Because of their popularity chiefly as an ornamental bird , the species has also been introduced to Europe, the United States and elsewhere outside their natural range.

  6. Spur-winged goose - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  7. Burl Ives Sings Little White Duck and Other Children's ...

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    Part of Columbia's brief (1955–56) House Party Series of 10-inch LPs, the album was called Children's Favorites, affixed with the catalog number CL 2570. Next, a new collection, expanded to 12 inches, combining these 14 Ives selections and 2 additional ones and entitled Burl Ives Sings Songs for All Ages , was issued by Columbia in 1957 ...

  8. ‘Tornado of white birds.’ Over 2 million geese make pit stop ...

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    “Snow geese are vocal on the ground, on the water and in the air. Their repetitive, single honking call would give a flock of tundra swan stiff competition for noisiest waterfowl,” the U.S ...

  9. The Duck (song) - Wikipedia

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    Bobby Freeman released a version of the song as a single in 1965, but it did not chart. [4] Sandy Nelson released a version of the song on his 1966 album "In" Beat. [5] The Olympics released a version of the song on their 1966 album Something Old, Something New. [6] Billy Preston released a version of the song on his 1966 album Wildest Organ in ...