Bird genealogy >> Order Anseriformes >> Family Anatidae
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Location

West Coast, Western Cape
South Africa

Metadata

Make Canon EOS 7D
Lens Canon EF 100-400 mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM   at 640 mm
Exposure 1/6400 s, f/5.7, ISO 400 
Image size 800 x 534 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Sporngans Dutch  Spoorwiekgans
Italian  Oca armata Spanish  Ganso Espolonado

Comments

The male differs from the female, not only in size, but also in having a larger red facial patch extending back from the red bill, and a knob at the base of the upper mandible.




 

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    08/08/2011

Spur-winged Goose male (L) fem (R)
Plectropterus gambensis
Oie-armée de Gambie

Micheline JACQUEMIN