Spur-winged Goose

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iSpur-winged Goose
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Plectropterinae
Genus: Plectropterus
Stephens, 1824
Species: P. gambensis
Binomial name
Plectropterus gambensis
(Linnaeus, 1766)
Subspecies
  • P. g. gambensis (Common Spur-winged Goose)
  • P. g. niger (South African Spur-winged Goose)

The Spur-winged Goose, (Plectropterus gambensis), is a large African bird in the family Anatidae, related to the geese and the shelducks, but distinct from both of these in a number of anatomical features, and therefore treated in its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae. It occurs in wetlands throughout sub-Saharan Africa.

The Spur-winged Goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.

[edit] References

  • BirdLife International (2004). Plectropterus gambensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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