wpe34.jpg (1401 bytes)

Untitled.png (460072 bytes)

 Swan Goose

Home          Bird Orders
327056699_2a68b009b1.jpg?v=0 (121156 bytes) Alternate name
Anser cygnoides Scientific name 
Anseriformes Order
Anatidae Family   
81-94 cm               Length
Estuarine waters, rivers,lakes, marshes. Habitat
3-9 eggs laid in a nest of thick grasses in reeds. Clutch    Eggs
Sedges, aquatic vegetation and berries when in season. Food    Diet
Birds gather in large flocks to moult   Habits
370 World No

Vulnerable                         

Status

view photosPhoto by Ian Mc1 all rights reserved A

Great collection of photo’s from New Zealand

Slideshow courtesy The Friends Of Worldbirds © all rights reserved
 

We have removed several ads please report any that are not appropriate to Keithmurdock_2@msn.com

These advertisements help to pay towards the upkeep of the website and will ensure its future.

Photos, picture gallery, sound recordings, video and bird data, checklists etc. Field guide images of over 8,500 species. Checklists covering all bird species and most of the worlds countries.

2008 Worldbirds © all rights reserved   Copy-right belongs to individual photographers

Sound recordings by XENO-CANTO are covered by creative commons Copy-right (CC)

Credits Some of the maps, data, are from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page               Data from Avibase

Birding Top 500 Counter

01/03/2008 0000000

01/03/2000 240.000

Free Hit Counters

Buy Lenses Online

01/01/2009 151,000

25/10/2009 500,000