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Chloephaga picta (Upland Goose)

Synonyms: Anas picta (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Chloephaga picta leucoptera (Greater magellan goose)
Chloephaga picta picta (Lesser Magellan goose)

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
1
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
12
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 3.81596
EDGE Score: 1.57194
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  6.409 lbs (2.907 kg)
Birth Weight [2]  73 grams
Female Weight [4]  5.891 lbs (2.672 kg)
Male Weight [4]  6.845 lbs (3.105 kg)
Weight Dimorphism [4]  16.2 %
Diet [3]  Granivore, Herbivore
Diet - Plants [3]  80 %
Diet - Seeds [3]  20 %
Forages - Ground [3]  80 %
Forages - Water Surface [3]  20 %
Clutch Size [5]  6
Clutches / Year [1]  1
Incubation [2]  30 days
Snout to Vent Length [1]  26 inches (66 cm)
Wing Span [6]  4.231 feet (1.29 m)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Estuario del Río Coyle Argentina A1, A3, A4i

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Chilean Winter Rainfall-Valdivian Forests Chile No

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Buteo polyosoma (Variable Hawk)[8]
Caracara plancus (Southern Crested Caracara)[8]
Phalcoboenus australis (Striated Caracara)[8]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Fimbriaria fasciolaris[9]
Hymenolepis prudhoei[9]

Range Map

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4Contreras, J. R. 1975. Características ponderales de las aves del Parque Nacional Nahuel Huapi y regiones adyacentes. Physis Sec. C (Buenos Aires) 34: 97-107.
♦ 5Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303
♦ 6On the allometry of wings, Enrique Morgado, Bruno Günther and Urcesino Gonzalez, Revista Chilena de Historia Natural 60: 71-79, 1987
♦ 7Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 8Population growth and density, diet and breeding success of striated caracaras Phalcoboenus australis on New Island, Falkland Islands, Paulo Catry, Miguel Lecoq, Ian J. Strange, Polar Biology Volume 31, Number 10, 1167-1174
♦ 9Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0