{"id":633,"date":"2017-01-04T10:25:08","date_gmt":"2017-01-04T09:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=633"},"modified":"2021-06-28T12:38:28","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T11:38:28","slug":"egyptian-goose-alopochen-aegyptiaca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=633","title":{"rendered":"Egyptian Goose<br> <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&gt;&gt; GENERAL &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; small &#8220;goose&#8221;, considerably larger than <a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=4189\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mallard<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; introduced in Europe, self-sustaining, partly migratory breeding population<br \/>\n&#8211; diurnal migrant<br \/>\n&#8211; migrates in small to medium flocks in formation<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; VISUAL ID &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=5695\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5695 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5695 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1194_MPU_I1Q5881_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1194_MPU_I1Q5881_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1194_MPU_I1Q5881_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1194_MPU_I1Q5881_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1194_MPU_I1Q5881_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1194, 07\/12\/2015, Hawassa, Ethopia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=5696\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5696 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5696 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1195_MPU_I1Q5880_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1195_MPU_I1Q5880_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1195_MPU_I1Q5880_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1195_MPU_I1Q5880_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1195_MPU_I1Q5880_07012015_egygoo-1-AD_eth_hawassa-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1195, 07\/12\/2015, Hawassa, Ethopia, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=5697\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5697 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5697 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1196_MPU_I1Q1601_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1196_MPU_I1Q1601_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1196_MPU_I1Q1601_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1196_MPU_I1Q1601_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1196_MPU_I1Q1601_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1196, 27\/02\/2013, Leipzig, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?attachment_id=5698\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5698 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5698 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1197_MPU_I1Q1603_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-1024x683.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1197_MPU_I1Q1603_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1197_MPU_I1Q1603_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1197_MPU_I1Q1603_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/BIF1197_MPU_I1Q1603_27022013_egygoo-FL_d_leipzig-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nBIF1198, 27\/02\/2013, Leipzig, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nilgans_AD_fliegend_Deutschland-Leipzig_20130227_I1Q1607_Putze.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-635 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-635\" title=\"Nilgans_AD_fliegend_Deutschland-Leipzig_20130227_I1Q1607_Putze\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nilgans_AD_fliegend_Deutschland-Leipzig_20130227_I1Q1607_Putze.jpg\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF0003, 27\/02\/2013, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nilgans_AD_fliegend_Deutschland-Leipzig_20130227_I1Q1614_Putze.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-636 noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-636\" title=\"Nilgans_AD_fliegend_Deutschland-Leipzig_20130227_I1Q1614_Putze\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Nilgans_AD_fliegend_Deutschland-Leipzig_20130227_I1Q1614_Putze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF0004, 27\/02\/2013, Leipzig, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3487_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2594_Putze.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3487_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2594_Putze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-12758\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3487_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2594_Putze.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3487_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2594_Putze-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3487_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2594_Putze-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3487_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2594_Putze-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ruddy Shelduck <em>Tadorna ferruginea<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF3487, 05\/06\/2021, Ammersee, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3488_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2598_Putze.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3488_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2598_Putze.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12759\" srcset=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3488_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2598_Putze.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3488_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2598_Putze-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3488_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2598_Putze-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BIF3488_Tadfer_Aloaeg_ad_D_Ammersee_20210605_6AB2598_Putze-586x390.jpg 586w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Ruddy Shelduck <em>Tadorna ferruginea<\/em>, AD<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF3488, 05\/06\/2021, Ammersee, Germany, Mathias Putze<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; ACOUSTIC ID &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-633-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF005-1_PFR00170_1-10_070826_egygoo-FC_d_schladeb_MON.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF005-1_PFR00170_1-10_070826_egygoo-FC_d_schladeb_MON.mp3\">https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/BIF005-1_PFR00170_1-10_070826_egygoo-FC_d_schladeb_MON.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BIF005-3_PFR00170_1-10_070826_egygoo-FC_1904h_d_schladeb_MON.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1869 size-full\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/BIF005-3_PFR00170_1-10_070826_egygoo-FC_1904h_d_schladeb_MON.jpg\" alt=\"BIF005-3_PFR00170_1-10_070826_egygoo-FC_1904h_d_schladeb_MON\" width=\"1024\" height=\"548\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Egyptian Goose <em>Alopochen aegyptiaca<\/em>, AD, calls in flight<\/strong><br \/>\nBIF0005, 26\/08\/2007, Schladebacher Kiesgruben, Germany, Patrick Franke<\/p>\n<p><strong>&gt;&gt; COMPARISON SPECIES &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=623\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnacle Goose<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=520\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greylag Goose<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tundra Bean Goose<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greater White-fronted Goose<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bar-headed Goose<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/birds-in-flight.net\/?p=1420\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Swan Goose<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#waterbird #waterfowl #wildfowl #invasivespecies<\/p>\n<p>#ornithology #birdmigration #birdID #birdguide #birding #birdwatching #birdsound #westernpalearctic #europe #vismig #flightcalls #middleeast #northernafrica #workinprogress<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&gt;&gt; GENERAL &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; &#8211; small &#8220;goose&#8221;, considerably larger than Mallard &#8211; introduced in Europe, self-sustaining, partly migratory breeding population &#8211; diurnal migrant &#8211; migrates in small to medium flocks in formation &gt;&gt; VISUAL ID &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt; Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca, AD BIF1194, 07\/12\/2015, Hawassa, Ethopia, Mathias Putze Egyptian Goose Alopochen 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