Name:Orinoco Goose
Alias:Orinoco Goose
Outline:Waterfowl
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length:61-76CM
Weight:No textual research information is available
Life:No textual research information is available
IUCN:LC
Neochen jubata (Orinoco Goose) rarely swims and is clumsy when flying. More like a goose, hence the English name - Orinoco River goose.
Green-winged geese are very territorial birds during the breeding season, usually nesting in tree holes and occasionally in the ground. The male goose has a higher whistling call, while the female goose is a cackling goose.
Listed in the International Red Book of Birds of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), 2009 list ver 3.1 - Near Threatened (NT).
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