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

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Vocalizations

Vocalizations include "soft, ringing honks, quiet peeps, and low whining sounds" (Lane, in Schulenberg et al. 2007). Vocalizations differ between the sexes (Delacour 1954). The male typically has quieter calls, such as a "soft huit-wit-wit..., crip, quiop, and low, grunting kwwwwwu..., single-syllable threat whistle, and double-syllable sexual calls" (Fjeldså and Krabbe 1990). Also, the male gives a Wi-wi call that accompanies agonistic behavior, and a humm-pah call during his Puffing display (Johnsgard 1965).  The call of the female is a ".somewhat grating kwa-kwak" (Fjeldså and Krabbe 1990); a hoarse gack-gack call accompanies her Incitement behavior (Johnsgard 1965). In this recording, the calls of both the male and the female can be heard together, with the female making the much louder honking call and the male the twittering whistle.

Nonvocal Sounds

None reported.

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