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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.
The avifauna of Indonesia include a total of 1809 species, of which 786 are endemic, and 3 have been introduced by humans. 150 species are globally threatened. 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 ...
Cyanochen cyanoptera (Rüppell 1845) (blue-winged goose) VU C2a(ii) Genus Marmaronetta Reichenbach 1853. Marmaronetta angustirostris (Ménétries 1832) (marbled duck) VU A2cd+3 cd+4 cd; Genus Asarcornis Salvadori 1895. Asarcornis scutulata (Müller 1842) (white-winged duck) EN A2cd+3 cd+4 cd;C2a(i) Genus Netta Kaup 1829
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, ganzen, ganzerik, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gás and gæslingr, whence English gosling.
Blue-whiskered tanager; Blue-winged goose; Blue-winged kookaburra; Blue-winged laughingthrush; Blue-winged leafbird; Blue-winged macaw; Blue-winged minla; Blue-winged mountain tanager; Blue-winged parakeet; Blue-winged parrot; Blue-winged pitta; Blue-winged racket-tail; Blue-winged teal; Blue-winged warbler; Bluethroat; Bluish flowerpiercer ...
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]
Blue goose or Blue Goose may refer to: Blue Goose, a presidential lectern of the United States; Snow goose, a North American species of goose; Blue-winged goose, an Ethiopian goose; Blue Goose Records; Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International, a fraternal and charitable organization
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 ...