What is Magellan goose?
{{Orphan|date=May 2009}} {{Taxobox | name = Magellan goose | status = | image = Chloephaga picta.jpg | image_width = 200px | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[bird|Aves]] | ordo = [[Anseriformes]] | familia = [[Anatidae]] | binomial = ''Chloephaga picta'' | subdivision_ranks = [[Subspecies]] | subdivision = * ''C. p. picta'' <small>(Lesser Magellan Goose)</small> * ''C. p. leucoptera'' <small>(Greater Magellan Goose)</small>}} [[File:Chloephaga picta MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.13.4.jpg|thumb| ''Chloephaga picta'']] The '''Magellan goose''' (''Chloephaga picta picta'') or '''upland goose''' is a [[bird]] of ''[[Anatidae]]'' [[Family (biology)|family]]. It is most commonly found in the southern part of [[South America]], [[Tierra del Fuego]]. The Upland goose is a subspecies of ''Chloephaga picta leucoptera''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=714733 | title=ITIS - Report: Chloephaga picta leucoptera }}</ref> The Upland Goose is one of the most conspicuous birds in the [[Falkland Islands|Falklands]]. The [[subspecies]] ''Chloephaga picta leucoptera'' is only found in the Falklands. It is slightly larger than the South American subspecies. == References == {{reflist}} == Other websites == * [http://www.birdtheme.org/mainlyimages/index.php?comb=27038000&s=27 Stamp of Falklands] * [http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/species/index.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=391&m=0 facts sheet]{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Geese]] [[Category:Birds of South America]]