Spur-winged Goose
Plectropterus gambensis
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 3,971
- Most observed in
- 🇿🇦 South Africa
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Spur-winged goose”.