Spur-winged goose
The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a large, Sub-Saharan African waterbird in the family Anatidae, which includes geese and shelducks. However, P. gambensis developed unique environmental adaptations, which resulted in the evolution of several anatomical features that are not shared with other anatids; thus, the species has been classified one step further into its own subfamily, the Plectropterinae.
| Spur-winged goose | |
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| Chobe National Park, Botswana | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Subfamily: | Tadorninae |
| Genus: | Plectropterus Stephens, 1824 |
| Species: | P. gambensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Plectropterus gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Subspecies | |
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P. g. gambensis (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Range of G. gambensis Resident | |
| Synonyms | |
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Anas gambensis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
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