Magpie Goose

Anseranas semipalmata (Latham, 1798)

Magpie Goose, Anseranas semipalmata, is the only surviving member of Anseranatidae. It occurs in northern Australia and southern New Guinea, with breeding in the Trans-Fly of south-western New Guinea and from north-western Australia to southern Victoria in eastern Australia. It is not a true migrant, but it can move long distances in search of food and water, especially when it is not breeding, and it may appear beyond its usual area. It formerly had a wider southern Australian distribution, but wetland drainage removed it from much of that region.

Order

Anseriformes

Family

Anseranatidae — Magpie Goose

Breeding range

Australasia: Trans-Fly (sc New Guinea) and ne WA to s VIC (n, e Australia)