Magpie Goose

Anseranas semipalmata ‡

Freshwater Lake, Centenary Lakes, Cairns, FN Qld IMG_5571 20250821 - male on right.
CLICK for adult male on L, female on R there, 20191103

Notes: Large black-and-white waterbird with distinctive cranial knob & striking orange legs
& feet. Adult has dull pink facial skin & base of strongly hooked bill. Cranial knob grows
progressively w. age. Female has a smaller knob than the male. Juvenile has dusky grey face,
no cranial knob. Gregarious. Feeds in freshwater swamps, grasslands.

Range from eBird©(last 10 years)