Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)
(Egyptian Goose)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesAlopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian Goose)
FamilyANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
OrderANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
ClassAVES (birds)
SuperclassTETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
PhylumCHORDATA (vertebrates)
SuperphylumDEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian Goose) :
1: Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian Goose)
5 Nov 2017 OSGR: TQ38 51° 30’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: South Essex (VC 18) England
Single bird, amond Canada and Pink-footted Geese, feeding on grass beside reservoir
Image 1: Anterior viewImage 2: Lateral viewImage 3: Lateral view (2)Image 4: Lateral view (3)Image 5: Lateral view (4)
2: Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian Goose)
5 Nov 2017 OSGR: TQ38 51° 40’ N, 0° 0’ W Vice County: South Essex (VC 18) England
Pair, feeding in spillway
Image 1: Pair, feeding in reservoir spillwayImage 2: Pair, feeding in reservoir spillway (2)Image 3: Pair, feeding in reservoir spillway (3)Image 4: Pair, feeding in reservoir spillway - lateral viewsImage 5: Pair, feeding in reservoir spillway - posterior views

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Gates, N., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K. Egyptian Goose

Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian Goose) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Alopochen aegyptiaca (Egyptian Goose)
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