Orinoco Goose - BirdForum Opus

Male
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Fernandes Pinheiro, PR, Brazil, September, 2018

Neochen jubata

Photo by © Luis R
Hato El Cedral, Apure State, Venezuela, September 2009

Identification

61-66 cm (24-26 in)

• Pale head and neck
• Chestnut flanks and mantle
• Black wings
• White speculum
• Red legs
• Black and pink bill
  

Males are larger, otherwise sexes are identical.

Juveniles are duller than adults.

Distribution

South America: found from Orinoco and Amazon River basins to north-western Argentina

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].
Sometimes placed in genus Oressochen together with Andean Goose.

Habitat

Forest lakes or marshes with access to open woodland or savanna.

Behaviour

Diet

There is very little information available about diet in wild populations, but it is presumed they eat green parts of various plants and sedges.

Breeding

They nest in hollow trees, only occasionally on the ground.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
2. AvianWeb
3. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved November 2018)

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Orinoco Goose. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Orinoco_Goose

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