Photo de stock - The Kelp Goose Chloephaga hybrida, is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae Spanish: Caranca or CauquÈn Marino It is in the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae It can be found in the Southern part of South America, in Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego, and the Falkland Islands Males are a white color, with a black beak, and yellow feet The females are dark brown, with transverse gray lines on the chest, and yellow feet Kelp geese generally have clutches of 2_7 eggs They prefer to hide their eggs in long grass The eggs hatch about a month later There are about 15,000 breeding pairs in existence Kelp geese are noted for only eating kelp and will migrate along the coast of South America in order to find kelp, hence the name ´kelp geese´