Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Oressochen
 
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Version 1.0

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SPECIES

Andean Goose Oressochen melanopterus

Abigail Duvall
Version: 1.0 — Published August 13, 2010

References

Introduction

BirdLife International. 2010. Species factsheet: Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera. Downloaded from BirdLife International on 17 May 2010.

Blake, E. R. 1977. Manual of neotropical birds. Volume 1. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

Carey, C., F. Leon-Velarde, and C. Monge. 1990. Eggshell conductance and other physical characteristics of avian eggs laid in the Peruvian Andes. Condor 92: 790-793.

Delacour, J. 1954. The waterfowl of the world. Volume One. Country Life Limited, London, United Kingdom.

Donne-Goussé, C., V. Laudet, and C. Hänni. 2002. A molecular phylogeny of Anseriformes based on mitochondrial DNA analysis. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 23: 339-356.

Fjeldså, J., and N. Krabbe. 1990. Birds of the high Andes: a manual to the birds of the temperate zone of the Andes and Patagonia, South America. Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Livezey, Bradley C. 1995. A phylogenetic analysis of modern sheldgeese and shelducks (Anatidae, Tadornini). Ibis 139: 51-66.

Johnsgard, P. A. 1965. Handbook of waterfowl behavior. Cornell University Press, Ithaca, New York.

Johnsgard, P. A. 1978. Ducks, geese and swans of the world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Maina, J. N., K. G. McCracken, B. Chua, J. M. York, and W. K. Milsom. 2017. Morphological and morphometric specializations of the lung of the Andean goose, Chloephaga melanoptera: a lifelong high-altitude resident. PLoS ONE 12: e0174395.

Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, D. F. Lane, J. P. O’Neill, and T. A. Parker III. 2007. Birds of Peru. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey.

Soothill, E., and P. Whitehead. 1978. Wildfowl of the world. Blanford Press, Poole.

Recommended Citation

Duvall, A. (2010). Andean Goose (Oressochen melanopterus), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.andgoo1.01