Plectropterus gambensis is a type of bird between geese and ducks, and is considered the largest living duck in other taxonomies.
The diet of tale-winged geese is mainly vegetarian, including plant seeds, fruits, tubers, aquatic plants and reeds, and also eats small fish and invertebrates.
The breeding period of long-winged geese varies with regions and rainy seasons. In northern Africa it is from August to December, in the east from January to June, and in the south from August to May. The nest is large and usually hidden in a thicket of riverbank vegetation. Old nests or tree holes, rock holes and termite mounds are also used. Fearful and cautious during breeding, females will fiercely defend their nest sites. Females lay 6 to 15 ivory-colored eggs per nest, which hatch for 30 to 33 days. After hatching, the parent geese continue to lead the education of the goslings until 10 weeks later.
Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) 2012 Red List of Threatened Species ver 3.1 - Low Risk (LC).
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