The lives of Geese

In Germany, Austria and Switzerland today for thousands of farmers worry about lead that flock of geese can be a carefree life - day after day, year after year.

The extended family of six geese

The family of six geese (Tadorninae) is composed of many very different subspecies, the assignment of some non-controversial and is carried out only on the basis of more modern methods of investigation or of certain behaviors. Due to the diversity of species there are six geese with the exception of North America and around the world but mainly in freshwater at low altitudes - and brackish waters.
Basically, three different strains with some many genres:

Tribus Merganettini

He attributed three genres:

.) Saumschnabelente - it lives only in New Zealand to fast-flowing waters
.) torrent duck - an Andean people, also in rivers
.) steamer ducks - sea inhabitants of South America, several subspecies, some of which are flightless.

Tribus Plectropterini

The attribution of this strain is controversial and is mainly due to the behavior. The following genera belong to this tribe

. ) spur Goose -. lives in all of Africa except North Africa
. ) hump gloss Goose - it is mainly in Africa and especially in the delta mouths of the Niger and Senegal , both species show similar behavior and exhibit strong differences in size between the sexes

Tribus Tadornini

The "real semi-geese" there is a strong biodiversity with the following genres:
) Cyanochen genus Blue-winged Goose - beschänkt their occurrence to a small area of distribution in the Ethiopian highlands
) Alopochen genus Egyptian Goose - their preferred habitat of the great rivers of East Africa savannah and swamps are
) Neochen genus .Orinokogans - pronounced these long-legged semi-goose lives mainly in the catchment areas of the Amazon and Orinoco
) genus level geese Chloephaga Andean Goose - she lives in contrast to their relatives in high-altitude valleys of the Andes above 3,000 m above sea level . Magellan goose - the most common Halbgansart in South America with very distinct differences between the sexes . Tanggans - located in southern South America on the rocky coastline, the male is fully feathered white . Grey Goose head - they also inhabit the south of South America, but the river - as well as wetlands and stream areas . Rotkopfgans - it is the rarest of the mirror and geese occurs mainly on the Falkland Islands
) Kasarkas species, Tadorna Ruddy Shelduck - she lives in the Central Asian steppes and semi deserts . Paradieskasarka - is endemic in New Zealand culture and lives as a follower grazing areas and water reservoirs . Shelduck - the population of Europe is found in coastal areas, brackish waters of salty Asian . Graukopfkasarka - lives only in southern Africa . Australian Kasarka - its range is south-west of Tasmania and Australia . Radjahgans - their habitat is Australia, New Guinea and the Moluccas