Magpie-geese Temporal range: Eocene-recent, possible Late Cretaceous record
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Modern magpie goose, Anseranas semipalmata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Anseriformes |
Superfamily: | Anseranatoidea Sclater, 1880 |
Family: | Anseranatidae Sclater, 1880 |
Type species | |
Anseranas semipalmata Latham, 1798
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Genera | |
Anseranatidae, the magpie-geese, is a biological family of waterbirds. The only living species, the magpie goose, is a resident breeder in northern Australia and in southern New Guinea.