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Upland goose

Chloephaga picta (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)

LCLeast Concernwaterfowl

The upland goose (Chloephaga picta) is a species in the family Anatidae, order Anseriformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.67 kg to 3.17 kg. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Upland goose (Chloephaga picta)
Photo: Fabienkhan · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the upland goose

Weight
2.67 kg – 3.17 kgsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
1.29 msrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Herbivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grasslandsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
31 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
6.3src for Young per litter or clutch
Litters or clutches a year
1src for Litters or clutches a year
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the upland goose?

UPLAND GOOSE · WINGSPAN 1.29 MADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 1.29 m, the recorded maximum wingspan of the upland goose is about 76% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the upland goose live?

Not recorded

What is the upland goose?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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 estimates suggest the insular subpopulations are stable, but continental populations show a recent decline in abundance. Upland geese are herbivorous, specializing in plant leaves, stems and seeds.

From the Wikipedia article “Upland goose” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Upland_goose&oldid=1381355283), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

What does the upland goose sound like?

Beeld en Geluid · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Is the upland goose endangered?

The upland goose is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the upland goose classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderAnseriformes
  5. familyAnatidae
  6. genusChloephaga
  7. SpeciesChloephaga picta (J. F. Gmelin, 1789)
Other names and names in other languages (36)
  • Magellan gooseEnglish
  • Magellan goose, upland gooseEnglish
  • Magellan/Upland gooseEnglish
  • إوز المرتفعاتArabic
  • oca de MagallanesCatalan
  • husice magellanskáCzech
  • gŵydd MagellanWelsh
  • MagellangåsDanish
  • MagellangansGerman
  • Magellan-GansGerman
  • magelana anseroEsperanto
  • Magelana kaŭkenoEsperanto
  • Cauquén comúnSpanish
  • CaiquénSpanish
  • niidu-nösuhaniEstonian
  • valkopäähansuFinnish
  • Ouette de MagellanFrench
  • prugasta guskaCroatian
  • Magellán-lúdHungarian
  • Oca di MagellanoItalian
  • マゼランガンJapanese
  • magelaninė žąsisLithuanian
  • magelhaengansDutch
  • sebragåsNorwegian
  • magelanka zmiennaPolish
  • ganso-patagónicoPortuguese
  • ganso-de-magalhãesPortuguese
  • ganso-magalhânicoPortuguese
  • Магелланов гусьRussian
  • bernaška pásikaváSlovak
  • Magelanova guskaSerbian
  • Macellan KazıTurkish
  • Гуска магеллановаUkrainian
  • каргарка магеланськаUkrainian
  • 斑胁草雁Chinese
  • 斑脇草雁Chinese

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Relatives of the upland goose

Other species in the same genus Chloephaga.

LC, Least Concern
Kelp goose (Chloephaga hybrida)

Kelp goose

Chloephaga hybrida

Anatidae

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the upland goose?

An adult upland goose weighs 2.67 kg – 3.17 kg and has a wingspan of 1.29 m, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the upland goose endangered?

The upland goose is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the upland goose?

The upland goose (Chloephaga picta) belongs to the family Anatidae in the order Anseriformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Upland goose (Chloephaga picta). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/upland-goose

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BibTeX
@misc{upland_goose_2026,
  title = {Upland goose (Chloephaga picta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/upland-goose},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}