Egyptian Goose     
Taken at Hickling Broad on 27th June 2016 using a Nikon D5200  with Sigma 150-500 mm zoom lens.
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Taken by Danielle Cassells at Parc Leopold, Brussels on 30th September 2012 using a Blackberry Phone Fact File

Egyptian Goose.
Species :
Order:
Family:
Local names: 		Alopochen aegyptiaca
Anseriformes.
Anatidae.
Site Of Nest:

Food:
Plumage:

Eggs:
Cavities and holes in trees and abandoned nests
of other birds may be selected; also ledges on cliffs and banks.
Seeds, leaves, grasses, and plant stems.
Pale head and underparts with dark eye-patch and pink legs.
1 brood in April/June
8-9. Often only one or two young survive locally
following predation by crows and competition with other geese.
Voice: