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Photographed: Escapee photographed at Rutland Water, Great Britain

Chen canagica

[edit] Identification

• Plump grey body
• Finely barred
• White head and hindneck

[edit] Distribution

Originally from NE Siberia and Alaska.

[edit] Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species.^[1]

[edit] Habitat

Coastal tundra and rocky coastlines.

[edit] Behaviour

They are ground nesters; 3–7 eggs are laid.

The diet includes vegetation.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.

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