The Cape Barren goose has pale gray plumage with black markings near the wing tips and tail. These geese also have pink legs, black feet and a bright greenish-yellow knot on their short black bill.
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Cape Barren Goose
The following are the living genera of true geese:
Anser - Grey Geese, including the domesticated goose and the Swan Goose
Chen - White Geese (often included in Anser)
Branta - Black Geese, such as the Canada goose ...
Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Feral Goose Anser anser
Paradise Shelduck Tadorna variegata (Putangitangi) ...
* Cape Barren Goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae
Genus Cnemiornis, New Zealand Geese Conservation status: Prehistoric ...
The Cape Barren Goose is a most peculiar goose of uncertain affiliations. 1996). It may either belong to the "true geese" and swan subfamily Anserinae or into the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. [Wikipedia] ...
Cereopsis - Cape Barren Goose
Cnemiornis - New Zealand Geese (prehistoric)
Either these or - more probably - the goose-like Coscoroba Swan is the closest living relative of the true geese.
Made for Water: As part of the waterfowl or wildfowl group, geese are made for the water. Except for the Cape Barren goose, which has adapted to be more of a landlubber, most geese have webbed feet, a streamlined body and thick plumage, ...
 See also: Goose, Swan, Shelduck, Canada Goose, Black swan
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