Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) - HBW 1, p. 588
French: Ouette à tête rousse
German: Rotkopfgans
Spanish: Cauquén Colorado
Taxonomy: Chloëphaga rubidiceps P. L. Sclater, 1861, Falkland Islands.
Monotypic.
Distribution: Extreme S South America, Tierra del Fuego, Falkland Is; formerly more widespread.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of an adult Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 23 October 2007 5 years ago 20 sec 4.9 -
A pair, the male vigilant while the female is grazing Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 12 October 2007 5 years ago 29 sec 4.8 -
A pair with the male calling Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 17 November 2010 2 years ago 38 sec 4.8 -
A pair drinking, bathing and swimming Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 9 December 2008 4 years ago 33 sec 4.8 -
A pair with five small chicks Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 15 December 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A pair preening Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 November 2008 4 years ago 35 sec 4.5
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A pair in a rocky coast
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 25 November 2008 4 years ago 4.5 -
A pair in a grassy area
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 November 2008 4 years ago 4.5 -
Adults standing on the vegetation.
Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 22 January 2013 6 weeks ago 4 -
A pair standing on a rock (a Black-browed Albatross in flight in the background)
Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 27 October 2008 4 years ago 4 -
Lonely adult on steppe grassland.
Locality Bahía Lomas, Tierra del Fuego Province, Magallanes Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
claudiasp 1 December 2008 4 years ago 4 -
Adult resting on the vegetation.
Locality Carcass Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 22 January 2013 6 weeks ago 3.8
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A male calling Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 17 November 2010 2 years ago 4 -
An adult calling softly Locality New Island, Falkland (Malvinas) Islands
Laurent Demongin 24 October 2007 3 years ago 3
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