>> GENERAL >>>>>
– small “goose”, considerably larger than Mallard
– introduced in Europe, self-sustaining, partly migratory breeding population
– diurnal migrant
– migrates in small to medium flocks in formation
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD
BIF1194, 07/12/2015, Hawassa, Ethopia, Mathias Putze
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD
BIF1195, 07/12/2015, Hawassa, Ethopia, Mathias Putze
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
BIF1196, 27/02/2013, Leipzig, Mathias Putze
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca
BIF1198, 27/02/2013, Leipzig, Mathias Putze
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD
BIF0003, 27/02/2013, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD
BIF0004, 27/02/2013, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea, AD
BIF3487, 05/06/2021, Ammersee, Germany, Mathias Putze
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD
Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea, AD
BIF3488, 05/06/2021, Ammersee, Germany, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD, calls in flight
BIF0005, 26/08/2007, Schladebacher Kiesgruben, Germany, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Barnacle Goose
Greylag Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Bar-headed Goose
Swan Goose
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