🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Kelp Goose live?

Chloephaga hybrida has 21,129 records in 10 countries and territories, from 1872 to 2026. Most records come from Argentina.

AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeChloephaga

When it is recorded

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Peak month: November. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Argentina 7,336
Falkland Islands 6,640
Chile 6,639
South Africa 487
United States 20
United Kingdom 3
Canada 1
Ethiopia 1
Kenya 1
Nigeria 1

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.