is believed to be stable. No immediate threats have been identified. Winter surveys in northeastern Argentina estimated that as many as 150,000 may be there. The species is "[r]elatively free from human persecution at [the] breeding grounds" but in winter is persecuted by farmers who view it as a competitor to their livestock. Gallery References Further reading Birds of Chile Birds described in 1857 Taxa named by Philip Sclater Birds of Patagonia Birds of Tierra del Fuego Chloephaga Geese