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Magpie Goose

anseranas semipalmata

The Magpie Goose is a large, black-and-white bird that loves to waddle around wetlands. These geese are great swimmers and can often be seen floating on water!

Lebensraum: Magpie Geese live in wetlands, swamps, and along the edges of rivers and lakes.

Aussehen

The Magpie Goose has striking black and white plumage, creating a tuxedo-like appearance. It features long, yellow-orange legs and feet, and a prominent bony knob on its head, more noticeable in older individuals.

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Magpie Goose

Kategorie

Vögel

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

A single Magpie Goose nest can hold up to 14 eggs from multiple females!

Magpie Geese have a bony knob on their head that grows bigger with age.

Their feet are only partially webbed, making them unique among waterfowl!

They are one of the oldest living bird lineages, dating back millions of years!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Magpie Goose can perch in trees because of their long, partially-webbed toes that help them grip branches.

Magpie Goose has a unique non-simultaneous wing feather molt that allows them to fly year-round, unlike most ducks.

Magpie Goose can build massive, floating nests up to a meter high, which helps protect their eggs from rising water.

Maße und Details

Länge: 70-90 cm
Flügelspannweite: 130-180 cm
Gewicht: 1.9-3.1 kg
Lebenserwartung: 10-20 Jahre
Top Speed: 70 km/h
Gelegegröße: 8-14
Brutzeit: 23-28 Tage
Zugstrecke: 2000 km

Ernährung und Fütterung

These geese are mostly vegetarian, munching on grasses, seeds, and the juicy parts of water plants.

Hauptnahrung

Grasses
Sedges
Tubers
Seeds
Aquatic plant leaves

Nahrungssuche

Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Saltwater Crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

Hunts adult and juvenile Magpie Geese in water.

eaten by

Lace Monitor

Varanus varius

Preys on eggs and chicks in ground nests.

depends on

Water Lily

Nymphaea nouchali

Consumes tubers and seeds from the plant.

depends on

Tall Spike-rush

Eleocharis sphacelata

Grazes on shoots and roots in wetlands.

Merkmale

Sozial

Soziale Tiere leben in organisierten Gruppen und kooperieren, um ihr Überleben zu sichern, beispielsweise bei der Nahrungssuche, Verteidigung und Aufzucht der Jungen.