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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

Order  Anseriformes   Family  Anatidae

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