The Cape Barren Goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae is a large
goose resident in southern
Australia.It is a most peculiar goose of uncertain affiliations (Sraml et al. 1996). It may either belong into the "true geese" and
swan subfamily Anserinae or into the
shelduck subfamily
Tadorninae as distinct
tribe Cereopsini, or be separated, possibly including the prehistorically
extinct flightless New Zealand Geese of the genus Cnemiornis, in a distinct subfamily Cereopsinae. Indeed, the first bones of the
New Zealand birds to be discovered were similar enough to those of the Cape Barren Goose to erroneously refer to them as "New Zealand Cape Barren Goose" ("Cereopsis" novaezeelandiae).
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