Kelp goose

Kelp goose
Male
Female
both on ChiloƩ Island, Chile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Genus: Chloephaga
Species:
C. hybrida
Binomial name
Chloephaga hybrida
(Molina, 1782)
Subspecies
  • Chloephaga hybrida hybrida (Molina, 1782)
  • Chloephaga hybrida malvinarum (Phillips, 1916)

The kelp goose (Chloephaga hybrida) is a species of waterfowl in tribe the Tadornini of the subfamily Anserinae. It is found in Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands.