Anseranas semipalmata

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Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Typically found in a lake at a mean distance from sea level of 72 meters (238 feet).[1]

Ecology: List of Habitats :

•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.6     Grassland - Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded   
  
•     5     Wetlands (inland)   
  
•     5.1     Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls )   
  
•     5.4     Wetlands (inland) - Bogs , Marshes, Swamps , Fens , Peatlands   
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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 23-Jan-2007

Similar Species

Members of the genus Anseranas

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

A. semipalmata (Black-And-White Goose)

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Further Reading

• A handbook of the birds of Tasmania and its dependencies / by Frank Mervyn Littler. Launceston, Tasmania: F.M. Littler, 19l0. url p. 214, p. xvi.
• A list of the birds of Australia: containing the names and synonyms connected with each genus, species, and subspecies of birds found in Australia, at present known to the author / London: Witherby, 1913. url p. 87.
• An Australian bird book: a pocket book for field use / by J. A. Leach; with introduction by Frank Tate; [photos by Ralph L. Miller; paintings by Ethel M. Paterson]. Melbourne: Whitcombe & Tombs, 1911. url p. 63, p. 63.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 101, p. 103, p. 120, p. 165, p. 323, p. 81, p. 91, p. 97, p. 98.
• Ardea. Amsterdam, etc., Nederlandse Ornithlogische Unie, etc. url p. 20.
• Austral avian record; a scientific journal devoted primarily to the study of the Australian avifauna. London: Witherby. url p. 166, p. 79.
• Bird behaviour psychical and physiological, New York, Dodd, Mead and Company[1919] url .
• Birds / by A.H. Evans. London: Macmillan, 1899 (1909 printing). url p. 135, p. 591.
• Birds of the world; a popular account. With a chapter on the anatomy of birds, by Frederic A. Lucas; the whole edited by Robert Ridgway. New York, Holt, 1909. url p. 175.
• Bulletin / Peabody Museum of Natural History. 1972 New Haven: Peabody Museum of Natural History, url p. 252, p. 254.
• Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) url p. 131, p. 212, p. 45, p. 49.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 123 1961 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 334, p. 425.
• Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. London, 1874-98. url p. 44, p. 45.
• Catalogue of the Collection of Birds' Eggs in the British Museum / By E. W. Oates [and afterwards] by S. G. Reid [and] W. R. Ogilvie-Grant. London, 1901-12. url p. 141.
• Catalogue of the collection of birds' eggs in the British museum (Natural history). London: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1901-12. url p. 141.
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 145, p. 427.
• Directory of Wetlands of International Importance. IUCN url p. 20, p. 50, p. 759.
• Experimental studies on Echinostoma revolutum (Froelich) a fluke from birds and mammals. Urbana, Ill., The University of Illinois, 1937 url p. 95.
• Game, shore, and water birds of India, with additional references to their allied species in other parts of the world. London, W. Thacker, 1904. url .
• Handbook of field and general ornithology; a manual of the structure and classification of birds, London, Macmillan, 1890. url .
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 107, p. 273, p. 483, p. 637, p. 657.
• International catalogue of scientific literature. LondonPublished for the International Council by the Royal Society of London1901-1920 url p. 105, p. 63.
• Key to North American birds containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland / by Elliott Coues. Boston: Estes and Lauriat, 1884. url .
• Key to North American birds. Containing a concise account of every species of living and fossil bird at present known from the continent north of the Mexican and United States boundary, inclusive of Greenland and Lower California Boston, Estes and Lauriat, 1896. url p. 202.
• List of the vertebrated animals now or lately living in the gardens of the Zoological Society of London. London, Printed for the Society, 1896. url p. 431.
• Natural history, by R. Lydekker, W. F. Kirby, B. B. Woodward, R. Kirpatrick, R. I. Pocock, R. Bowdler Sharpe, W. Garstang, F. A. Bather, H. M. Bernard. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1897. url p. 293.
• Nests and eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania, by Alfred J. North... Sydney: Australian Museum, 1901-1914 url p. 55.
• Occasional papers of the Museum of Natural History, the University of Kansas. 1989 Lawrence, Kan.: The University, 1971-1994. url fig. 1, page 5, fig. 4, page 8.
• Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 100.
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• Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland. [Brisbane, Royal Society of Queensland]1885- url p. 48.
• Proceedings of the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Mosman, New South Wales [etc.]The Society. url p. 12, p. 31, p. 43.
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• Report of the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and financial report of the Executive Committee of the Board of Regents for the year ending June 30. .. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1933-1965. url p. 117, p. 120, p. 165, p. 81.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
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• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 09, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 09, 2007:

• OZCAM
• Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
• University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
• , Bird specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 11606
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175198
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 2481009
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175198
• IUCN ID: 191456
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 133199

Footnotes

1. Standard Deviation = 57.940 based on 19 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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