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The Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae [2]), sometimes also known as the pig goose, is a species of goose endemic to southern Australia. It is a distinctive large, grey bird that is mostly terrestrial and is not closely related to other extant members of the subfamily Anserinae .
The Recherche Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea), also known as the Cape Barren goose (southwestern), is large grazing bird found along the southern coast of Western Australia. It is a subspecies of the Cape Barren goose , the other subspecies of which inhabits islands and coastal regions of Bass Strait in south-eastern Australia.
†Cnemiornis calcitrans Owen 1866 (South Island Goose) †Cnemiornis septentrionalis Oliver 1955 (North Island Goose) Genus Cereopsis Latham 1801. Cereopsis novaehollandiae Latham 1801 (Cape Barren goose) LC. C. n. novaehollandiae Latham 1801 (eastern/New Holland Cape Barren goose) C. n. grisea (Vieillot 1818) (Recherche/southwestern Cape ...
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Cereopsis, Cape Barren goose – Anserinae, Tadorninae, or own subfamily? Biziura, musk ducks (1 living species) - Oxyurini? Cnemiornis, New Zealand geese (prehistoric) – as Cereopsis; Malacorhynchus, pink-eared ducks (1 living species) – Tadorninae, Oxyurinae or Dendrocheninae? Sarkidiornis, comb duck – Tadorninae or closer to dabbling ...
Genus Cereopsis - Cape Barren goose (Anserinae, Tadorninae, or own subfamily?) Genus Chenonetta - maned duck (dabbling ducks or Tadorninae? Includes Euryanas.) Genus Chloephaga - sheldgoose; Genus Clangula - long-tailed duck; Genus Coscoroba - coscoroba swan (Anserinae or same subfamily as Cereopsis?)
This goose was as large as some small moa. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The North Island species had 15 kg (33 lb) in body mass while the South Island species reached 18 kg (40 lb), far surpassing Canada and Cape barren geese . [ 6 ]
Other birds which breed on the Isles include Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), banded rail (Rallus philippensis), rock parrot (Neophema petrophila) and little penguin (Eudyptula minor). Significant breeding colonies of Australian sea-lion ( Neophoca cinerea ) occur on Fenelon and West Islands and New Zealand fur seals ...