Information about Chloephaga

C. rubidiceps

Binomial name
Chloephaga rubidiceps
Sclater,PL, 1861

The Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) is a large sheldgoose, which breeds in southernmost South America.
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Scientific classification or biological classification is a method by which biologists group and categorize species of organisms. Scientific classification also can be called scientific taxonomy, but should be distinguished from folk taxonomy, which lacks scientific basis.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885

Typical Classes

See below

Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758

Orders

About two dozen - see section below

Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Anseriformes
Wagler, 1831

Families

• Anhimidae
• Anseranatidae
• Anatidae
• †Dromornithidae
• †Presbyornithidae
• †Gastornidae(?)
  

The order Anseriformes
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Ducks, geese and swans



Scientific classification
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Tadorninae

Genera

see article text

The Tadorninae is the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.
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Thomas Campbell Eyton (September 10, 1809 - October 25, 1880) was an English naturalist.

Eyton was born at Eyton Hall, near Wellington, Shropshire. He studied at Cambridge University with his friend Charles Darwin.
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C. melanoptera

Binomial name
Chloephaga melanoptera
(Eyton, 1838)

The Andean Goose, Chloephaga melanoptera, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae.
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C. picta

Binomial name
Chloephaga picta
(Gmelin, 1789)

Subspecies

• C. p. picta (Lesser Magellan Goose)
• C. p.

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C. hybrida

Binomial name
Chloephaga hybrida
(Molina, 1782)

The Kelp Goose (Spanish:Caranca or Cauquén Marino), Chloephaga hybrida
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C. poliocephala

Binomial name
Chloephaga poliocephala
Sclater,PL, 1857

The Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala
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C. rubidiceps

Binomial name
Chloephaga rubidiceps
Sclater,PL, 1861

The Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) is a large sheldgoose, which breeds in southernmost South America.
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genus (plural: genera) is part of the Latinized name for an organism. It is a name which reflects the classification of the organism by grouping it with other closely similar organisms.
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Ducks, geese and swans



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C. melanoptera

Binomial name
Chloephaga melanoptera
(Eyton, 1838)

The Andean Goose, Chloephaga melanoptera, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae.
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C. picta

Binomial name
Chloephaga picta
(Gmelin, 1789)

Subspecies

• C. p. picta (Lesser Magellan Goose)
• C. p.

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C. hybrida

Binomial name
Chloephaga hybrida
(Molina, 1782)

The Kelp Goose (Spanish:Caranca or Cauquén Marino), Chloephaga hybrida
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C. poliocephala

Binomial name
Chloephaga poliocephala
Sclater,PL, 1857

The Ashy-headed Goose (Chloephaga poliocephala
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C. rubidiceps

Binomial name
Chloephaga rubidiceps
Sclater,PL, 1861

The Ruddy-headed Goose (Chloephaga rubidiceps) is a large sheldgoose, which breeds in southernmost South America.
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