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Orinoco Goose

Neochen jubata

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernPlantsRiverineCavity nestLarge · 1.3 kg
Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata), photo 1
Photo: http://www.birdphotos.com · CC BY 3.0
Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata), photo 2
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata), photo 3
Photo: Matthias Zirngibl from Germany · CC BY 2.0
Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata), photo 4
Photo: Mike Prince from Bangalore, India · CC BY 2.0
Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata), photo 5
Photo: Martha Rivero · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The Orinoco goose is 61 to 76 cm (24 to 30 in) long. Males weigh about 1.8 kg (4.0 lb) and females about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb). Adult males have an off-white head, neck, and breast with slight buffy streaks on the nape and buffy scalloping on the breast. Their mantle is gray with white scalloping. They have an orange band across the upper mantle and onto the sides of the breast and flanks and a crescent of dark brown behind the flanks. Their undertail coverts are white. Their wings are black with a wide white speculum. Voice: The Orinoco goose is very vocal. During the breeding season males make "a high whistle and guttural honks" and females "a loud cackle". Males also make "a shrill-whistled zree and series of hollow reedy whistles" and females "a low guttural honking gu'rump, gur'rump, gur'rump". Both sexes make "a distinctive nasal honking, unnhh?". Young make "soft chicken-like peeps".

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When to see the Orinoco Goose

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Orinoco Goose

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 1 country with regular records, and 3 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Colombia

Recorded as a rare visitor in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia.

About the Orinoco Goose

The Orinoco goose is a species of waterfowl in the tribe Tadornini of subfamily Anserinae. It is found in every mainland South American country except Chile, French Guiana, Suriname, and Uruguay.

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Easily confused with

Madagascar Pochard (Aythya innotata) Madagascar PochardAythya innotataThe pochard is a medium-sized duck between 42 and 56 centimeters in size. Laysan Duck (Anas laysanensis) Laysan DuckAnas laysanensisThe Laysan duck is teal-sized and dark brown, with a prominent white eye-ring. Philippine Duck (Anas luzonica) Philippine DuckAnas luzonicaThe Philippine duck is a large conspicuous duck.

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