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Kelp Goose

Chloephaga hybrida (Molina, GI 1782)

The kelp goose, Chloephaga hybrida, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae. It can be found in the Southern part of South America - mainly in Patagonian Chile, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Chloephaga
Scientific:
  Chloephaga hybrida


Original description

Citation:
  (Molina, GI 1782)

Reference:
   Saggio Storia Nat. Chili

Protonym:
  Anas Hybrida

Type locality:
  Chiloe Island.

Link:
  https://bibdigital.rjb.csic.es/viewer/9635/?offset=#page=242&viewer=picture&o=bookmark&n=0&q=


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  4270502FCED82CF7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-4270502F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/4270502F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175204

Geographic range:

  • Chloephaga hybrida: coastal southern Argentina and Chile to Tierra del Fuego and Falkland Islands
  • Chloephaga hybrida hybrida: coastal southern Argentina and Chile to Tierra del Fuego
  • Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum: Falkland Islands
English:
Kelp Goose
Catalan:
Oca caranca
Czech:
husice patagonská
Danish:
Tanggås
German:
Kelpgans
Spanish:
Cauquén Caranca
Spanish (Spain):
Cauquén Caranca
Finnish:
tulimaanhansu
French:
Ouette marine
Croatian:
obalna guska
Hungarian:
szirti lúd
Icelandic:
Þangönd
Italian:
Oca del kelp
Japanese (romaji):
shirokobashigan
Japanese:
シロコバシガン
Lithuanian:
patagoninė žąsis
Dutch:
Kelpgans
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Taregås
Norwegian:
Taregås
Polish:
magelanka skalna
Portuguese:
Ganso-papa-alga
Portuguese (Portugal):
ganso-papa-algas
Russian:
Водорослевый гусь
Slovak:
bernaška žltonohá
Serbian:
Morska guska
Swedish:
kelpgås
Ukrainian:
Каргарка патагонська
Chinese:
白草雁
Chinese (Traditional):
白草雁


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Ouette marine ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Ouette marine ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
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Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
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eBird version 1.55:
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eBird version 2015:
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eBird version 2016:
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eBird version 2017:
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eBird version 2018:
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eBird version 2019:
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eBird version 2021:
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eBird version 2022:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Chloephaga hybrida [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Chloëphaga hybrida [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Chloephaga hybrida [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/09/2023):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (27/07/2024):
Kelp Goose ( Chloephaga hybrida) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chloephaga hybrida [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chloephaga hybrida [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Catalan: Oca caranca
Czech: Husice patagonská
Chuvash: шыв курăкĕ хурĕ
Danish: Tanggås
German: Kelpgans, Tanggans
English: Kelp Goose
English, HBW: Kelp Goose
English (IOC): Kelp Goose
English (United States): Kelp Goose
Esperanto: Mara kaŭkeno
Spanish: Caranca, Cauquén Caranca, Ganso del cachiguyo
Spanish (Argentine): Caranca
Spanish (Chile): Caranca
Spanish (Spain): Cauquén Caranca
Spanish (HBW): Kelp Goose
Estonian: meri-nösuhani
Finnish: Tulimaanhansu
French: Bernache antarctique, Ouette marine
Croatian: obalna guska
Hungarian: szirti lúd
Icelandic: Þangönd
Italian: Bernaccia, Oca antartica, Oca del Kelp
Japanese (romaji): shirokobashigan
Japanese: シロコバシガン
Scientific: Anas Hybrida, Anas magellanica, Chloephaga hybrida, Chloëphaga hybrida, Chloephaga hybrida hybrida
Lithuanian: patagoninė žąsis, Patogoninė žąsis
Dutch: Kelp gans, Kelpgans
Norwegian Nynorsk: Taregås
Norwegian: Taregås
Polish: magelanka skalna
Portuguese: Ganso-papa-alga
Portuguese (Portugal): ganso-papa-algas
Russian: Водорослевый Гусь, Патагонская казарка
Slovak: bernaška žltonohá
Serbian: Morska guska
Swedish: Kelpgås
Turkish: Kelp Kazı
Ukrainian: Каргарка патагонська
Chinese: 白草雁
Chinese (Traditional): 白草雁

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