Magpie goose

Japanese: カササギガン - かささぎがん(英語表記)magpie goose
Magpie goose

A bird of the family Anatidae in the class Aves. There is only one species in one genus and it makes up the subfamily Anseriinae. It is found in northern Australia and New Guinea. It is about 88 centimeters long. It has a bicolored body, with a long, slender neck, wings, tail, and thighs that are black, and the rest of its body being white. The skin is exposed from its yellow beak to near its eyes. It has long, yellow feet with small webbed feet. It builds nests in marshes where waterweed grows by knocking it down with its feet, and breeds in colonies, but also perches on trees to roost. It is entirely herbivorous, and likes to eat fallen waterweed ears.

[Nagahisa Kuroda]

[Reference] | Gun

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

鳥綱カモ目カモ科の鳥。1属1種でカササギガン亜科を構成する。北部オーストラリア、ニューギニア島に分布する。全長約88センチメートル。細長い頸(くび)、翼、尾、腿(たい)部が黒色、そのほかの体部が白色の2色である。黄色い嘴(くちばし)から目の近くまで皮膚が露出している。足は長く黄色で、水かきは小さい。マコモの生えた沼地に、それを足で倒して巣をつくり、コロニーを形成して繁殖するほか、木にも止まってねぐらにする。まったくの草食性で、倒したマコモの穂も好んで食べる。

[黒田長久]

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