Spur-winged Goose

Plectropterus gambensis - Oie-armée de Gambie

Oie-armée de Gambie
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Anseriformes

  • Family
    :

    Anatidés

  • Genus
    :

    Plectropterus

  • Species
    :

    gambensis

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1766

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 100 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 4000 à 5900 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Oie-armée de Gambie
adult
Oie-armée de Gambie
immature

Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a species of bird in the Anatidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Plectropterus gambensis gambensis (Gambia to Ethiopia south to Angola and Mozambique)
  • Plectropterus gambensis niger (Namibia and Zimbabwe through South Africa)

Foreign names

  • Oie-armée de Gambie,
  • Ganso espolonado,
  • pato-ferrão,
  • Sporngans,
  • tüskésszárnyú lúd,
  • Spoorwiekgans,
  • Oca dallo sperone,
  • sporrgås,
  • Sporegås,
  • ostrožiarka lesklá,
  • pižmovka ostruhatá,
  • Sporegås,
  • kynsihanhi,
  • Wildemakou,
  • oca esperonada,
  • Sporönd,
  • gęsiec,
  • piešspārnu zoss,
  • ostrožka,
  • Шпорцевый гусь,
  • ツメバガン,
  • 距翅雁,
  • 距翅雁,

Voice song and call

Oie-armée de Gambie
adult

Habitat

Oie-armée de Gambie
adult

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha) ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Water Storage Areas (over 8ha)

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

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