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Encyclopedia > Kelp Goose
Kelp Goose
Conservation status: Lower Risk (lc)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Subfamily: Tadorninae
Genus: Chloephaga
Species: hybrida
Binomial name
Chloephaga hybrida
(Molina, 1782)

The Kelp Goose, Chloephaga hybrida, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae.


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Kelp Goose (Chloephaga hybrida) (149 words)
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is a small goose of southern South America and the Falkland Islands.
The male is white and the female is brown with fl and white barring on the underparts.
Kelp - Herbal Index - herbindex.net (283 words)
Kelp grows in the form of long stalks, with leaflike blades at regular intervals.
Kelp ash is calcined and rich in iodine and alkali.
Some animals are named after the kelp, either because they inhabit the same habitat as kelp or because they feed on kelp.
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