🦆Egyptian Goose
Kazarka egipska, gęsiówka egipska, gęś egipska (Alopochen aegyptiaca) – gatunek dużego ptaka wodnego z rodziny kaczkowatych (Anatidae). Jej naturalny zasięg występowania obejmuje Afrykę Subsaharyjską i Dolinę Nilu. W XVIII wieku introdukowana na Wyspach Brytyjskich kolonizowała stopniowo zachodnią Europę. W Polsce pojawia się regularnie, sporadycznie odbywa tu lęgi.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2018.
- Body mass
- 1.87 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 26 years
Everything we know about the Egyptian Goose
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.87 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 1.9 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.13 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.36 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan26 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation29 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 7AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelHerbivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatWetlandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleGeneralistAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.9 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Egyptian Goose yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderAnseriformes
- ›familyAnatidae
- ›genusAlopochen
- ›speciesAlopochen aegyptiaca
- classBirds · Aves
- orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
- familyAnatidae
- genusAlopochen
All 13 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- superorderGalloanserae
- orderDucks, geese & swans · Anseriformes
- familyAnatidae
- genusAlopochen
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