Can you identify this bird?

tanky · #1 (**permalink**) 25-10-2009, 11:40 PM

My first post and having difficulties,

This unfortunatley poor picture was taken in a park in London. Ive been in many sites and books trying to ID it but no success. Anyone help?

Gerel · #2 (**permalink**) 25-10-2009, 11:47 PM

Try Egyptian Goose, an introduced species.

Steve

ps. welcome to the site

Jason Green · #3 (**permalink**) 25-10-2009, 11:48 PM

Evening Tanky, and welcome to WAB

Your bird is the Egyptian Goose - and is the second ID request of this particular species on this forum today!

Take care,

Jason

Dutchess · #4 (**permalink**) 25-10-2009, 11:52 PM

Gosh - you two were on to that one pretty quick!

I shall keep quiet then

D.

Gerel · #5 (**permalink**) 25-10-2009, 11:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutchess

Gosh - you two were on to that one pretty quick!

I shall keep quiet then

D.

Not often that I'm qucker than Jason though (

).

BTW like the avatar Dutchess, very seasonal.

Steve

Dutchess · #6 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 12:01 AM

Thanks, Gerel

And I rather like the Coati, too!

I nicked the image from the ZSL website. Apparently London Zoo give some animals pumpkins to play with at this time of year, so I expect it presents lots of photo opportunities for the visitors.

D.

tanky · #7 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 12:26 AM

Thanks for the welcome and thank you for the amazingly quick reply. I have compared images and find my friends poor picture doesnt show some of the detail that the bird has. Another point was it was very aggresive to other birds. Thanks again.

Dutchess · #8 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 12:36 AM

Hello tanky, and a warm welcome to WAB

I am always amazed at how much I learn from WAB, just by having fun, i.e. reading and posting around the forums. After you said the goose was acting quite aggresively towards other birds, I did a quick Google (bearing in mind the effect some alien species can have on our native wildlife) and one site brought up this information:

"Although easy to maintain in captivity they are usually quite quarrelsome and a mated pair will often drive off all other waterfowl and break every egg they find that is not theirs. Therefore, they should not be kept in a mixed group of fowl unless in a very large enclosure"

I never knew that!

Perhaps other, more in-the-know people here on WAB may like to elaborate on the point as to how they affect our own birds.

D.

Jason Green · #9 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 12:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gerel

Not often that I'm qucker than Jason though (

).

Um... I was... asleep. Yes, I was, sleeping on my keyboard and, kind of, deliberately let you slip in there...

bornwild · #10 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 03:29 AM

Haha its an egiptian goose ........... im smart now i know what it was from your replys to the same goose in my pic

read up about them and they are very territorial aparently but mostly down south from where mine was also old moor had one and thats not that far from me

bornwild x

wizzo · #11 (**permalink**) 26-10-2009, 07:34 PM

yeah....definately a Goose Tanky! lol. Actually I wouldn't have had a clue either

Hobjob · #12 (**permalink**) 27-10-2009, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutchess

"Although easy to maintain in captivity they are usually quite quarrelsome and a mated pair will often drive off all other waterfowl and break every egg they find that is not theirs. Therefore, they should not be kept in a mixed group of fowl unless in a very large enclosure"

that fits with what I observed at Addo Elephant park in Eastern Cape.

Only ever one pair at each water hole.