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Cape Barren Goose

Part of the Poultry honor.

Cereopsis novaehollandiae1

Cape Barren Goose

The Cape Barren Goose is a large goose resident in southern Australia. These are bulky geese and their almost uniformly grey plumage, bearing rounded black spots, is unique. The tail and flight feathers are blackish and the legs are pink with black feet. The short, decurved black bill and green cere gives it a very peculiar expression.

The Cape Barren Goose is 75-100 cm long, and has a 150-190 cm wingspan; males are somewhat larger than females. The male weighs on average 5.29 kg and the female 3.77 kg.

This bird feeds by grazing and rarely swims. It forms small flocks outside the breeding season, when it wanders more widely.

Adapted from AY Honors/Poultry/Cape Barren Goose on the Pathfinder Wiki, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0. See the original page's history for its authors.
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