Aves (birds)
gregladen | December 27, 2007
Alopochen aegyptiacus ... note, this is Egyptian goose, not Egypt goose. But it is Canada goos goose, not Canadian goose.
It might be called Egyptian goose because it looks like the old Egyptian paintings. Indeed, this goose is often depicted in ancient Egyptian art. Or maybe because it "walks like an Egyptian" (and by the way Egyptians don't walk that way, only in the old paintings). But it is probably called an Egyptian goose for the same reason that the African buffalo is properly (in a vernacular sense) known as the Cape buffalo. The Cape buffalo entered the Linnaen Legacy via the…
gregladen | December 6, 2007Plocepasser mahali (subspecies stentor?) and friends. Kalahari, South Africa.