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title: "Ganso-de-magalhães"
description: "Chloephaga picta — Aves. The upland goose or Magellan goose (Chloephaga picta) is a sheldgoose of the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/upland-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ganso-de-magalhães

> Chloephaga picta — Aves. The upland goose or Magellan goose (Chloephaga picta) is a sheldgoose of the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.

- Scientific name: *Chloephaga picta*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Campos e prados), `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 5355
- Wikidata: [Q129036](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q129036)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7117](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7117)

## Names

- en: Upland Goose
- de: Magellangans
- es: Cauquén común
- fr: Ouette de Magellan
- nl: Magelhaengans
- pt: Ganso-de-magalhães
- pl: Magelanka zmienna

## Countries with the most observations

AR (2745), CL (1429), FK (465), PT (291), DE (9), IT (9), NL (5), FR (3)

## Summary

The upland goose or Magellan goose (Chloephaga picta) is a sheldgoose of the shelduck-sheldgoose subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans. Sheldgeese resemble true geese and display similar habits, yet they are more closely related to shelducks and ducks.
This species nests and breeds close to water (rivers, ponds, oceans) either on the ground or near it among vegetation, usually in grasslands or coastal meadows in the Falkland Islands or in southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego at the beginning of the austral summer. Population…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upland_goose

## Photo

![Ganso-de-magalhães](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/upland-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Federico Muñoz · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230762670

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/upland-goose?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).