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The Magpie Goose is a truly unique species of waterfowl that diverged after the South American screamers but prior to the evolution of other geese and ducks. Because of this, it is placed in its own monotypic family -- a family containing a single species -- within the waterfowl. The species occupies swamps, wetlands, and floodplains mostly in northern and eastern Australia though it used to occur in southern Australia too before human activity drained much of its habitat there. (It has undergone reintroduction here in recent years.) As a birder, you can sense how unique the species is. They don't quite look or sound like other geese! Town Common Environmental Park, Townsville, Queensland, Australia