spur-winged goose
bird
Also known as: Plectropterus gambensis
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locomotion
- In anseriform: Locomotion
…feet, is exemplified by the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis). Others walk more straightforwardly and can outrun a pursuing human. In the ducks, whose short legs are situated rearward and farther apart, the gait is at best a waddle. The legs of most pochards and mergansers are so far back that…
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species of sheldgoose
- In sheldgoose
African sheldgeese include the spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) and the Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus).
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