Birds of the World

○ ← ANSERIFORMES: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, Swans) →

Genus: Anser (11 species)


Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) Range: NA, MA, PAL: widespread England
Photograph by Dave Curtis Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.


Greylag Goose (Anser anser anser) Range: PAL: c, w United Kingdom
Photograph by Allan Hopkins Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.


Greylag Goose (Anser anser) Domestic Range: PAL: c, w A domestic variant.
Photograph by JJ Harrison Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) Range: PAL: Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard Reykjanes, Iceland
Photograph by Svenni and his Icelandic birds © All Rights Reserved.


Snow Goose (Anser caerulescens) Range: NA: n
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Emperor Goose (Anser canagicus) Range: NA, PAL: w Alaska and ne Siberia Sharp Park Golf Course, Pacifica, California,
Photograph by Matt Grube © All Rights Reserved.


Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) Range: PAL: c Asia and Mongolia to se Siberia
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Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) Domestic Range: PAL: c Asia and Mongolia to se Siberia Lake Murray, San Diego County, California, USA The believed domestic variant of the Swan Goose is sometimes called the Chinese Goose.
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Lesser White-fronted Goose (Anser erythropus) Vulnerable Range: PAL: n Eurasia Hsinchu Mountain, Taiwan
Photograph by Bob Du © All Rights Reserved.


Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) Range: PAL: n Newcastle, England
Photograph by Steve Riall © All Rights Reserved.


Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) Range: PAL: c Asia
Photograph by Richard Bartz, Munich aka Makro Freak Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.5 License. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.


Ross's Goose (Anser rossii) Range: NA: n Canada Bosque del Apache NWR, New Mexico , United States Ross's Goose on the right, and a much larger Snow Goose on the left.
Photograph by Mick Thompson/Eastside Audubon Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. You may not alter, transform, or build upon this work.


Tundra Bean Goose (Anser serrirostris rossicus) Range: PAL: n Fring, Norfolk, England
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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