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Cape Barren goose
The Cape Barren goose (''Cereopsis novaehollandiae'')〔Etymology: ''Cereopsis'', "wax-like", from Latin ''cere-'', "wax", and Ancient Greek ''opsi-'', "appearance". This refers to the peculiar bill. ''novaehollandiae'', New Latin for "New Holland", an old name for Australia.〕 is a large goose resident in southern Australia. The species is named for Cape Barren Island, where specimens were first sighted by European explorers.
==Taxonomy==
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'').
The smaller population of Cape Barren goose in Western Australia is described as a subspecies, ''Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea'', and named for the group of islands known as the Recherche Archipelago.
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