The upland goose, Carcass Island, Falkland Islands
The upland goose or Magellan Goose is a sheldgoose of the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily This bird is indigenous to the southern part of South America. The ruddy-headed goose breeds on open grassy plains in Tierra del Fuego, Chile and the Falkland Islands. The South American birds are now very rare.
Year: 2017
From album: Falkland Islands
Photographer: Peter Prokosch