Peru
Andean Goose
Oressochen melanopterus
(L 27-30" WS 16-17" Wt 96-128 oz)
Mountain Lake at ~
4000 m (~13100 ft)
4000 m (~13100 ft)
19Sept2011
Gregarious and noisy...male has
a whistle, female cackles
...terrestrial except with young.
a whistle, female cackles
...terrestrial except with young.
A goose flies by a chart the Royal
Geographic Society could not improve.
Geographic Society could not improve.
(Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.)
© Matthew
Medler
Medler
Macaulay
Library
Library
Melanopterus in Greek
means black-winged.
means black-winged.