Grey Geese
Anser
The waterfowl genus Anser includes all grey geese (and sometimes the white geese). Its name is derived from anser the Latin for "goose". It belongs to the true geese and swan subfamily (Anserinae). The genus has a Holarctic distribution, with at least one species breeding in any open, wet habitats in the subarctic and cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in summer. Some also breed further south, reaching into warm temperate regions. They mostly migrate...
32 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Greylag Goose
speciesAnser anser
Greater White-fronted Goose
speciesAnser albifrons
Snow Goose
speciesAnser caerulescens
Swan Goose
speciesAnser cygnoides
Ross's Goose
speciesAnser rossii
Greylag × Swan Goose
hybridAnser anser × cygnoides
Tundra Bean Goose
speciesAnser serrirostris
Bar-headed Goose
speciesAnser indicus
Pink-footed Goose
speciesAnser brachyrhynchus
Taiga Bean Goose
speciesAnser fabalis
Lesser White-fronted Goose
speciesAnser erythropus
Emperor Goose
speciesAnser canagicus
Snow × Ross's Goose
hybridAnser caerulescens × rossii
Snow × Bar-headed Goose
hybridAnser caerulescens × indicus
Snow × Greater White-fronted Goose
hybridAnser caerulescens × albifrons
Bar-headed × Snow × Swan Goose
hybridAnser caerulescens × cygnoides × indicus
Emperor × Greylag Goose
hybridAnser canagicus × anser
Bar-headed × Swan Goose
hybridAnser indicus × cygnoides
Greylag × Bar-headed Goose
hybridAnser anser × indicus
Greater White-fronted × Bar-headed Goose
hybridAnser albifrons × indicus
Emperor × Snow Goose
hybridAnser canagicus × caerulescens
Greater White-fronted × Graylag Goose
hybridAnser albifrons × anser
Graylag × Swan × Bar-headed Goose
hybridAnser anser × cygnoides × indicus
Greater White-fronted × Tundra Bean Goose
hybridAnser albifrons × serrirostris
Graylag × Snow × Swan × Bar-headed Goose
hybridAnser anser × caerulescens × cygnoides × indicus
Emperor × Swan Goose
hybridAnser canagicus × cygnoides
Emperor × Bar-headed Goose
hybridAnser canagicus × indicus
Greater White-fronted × Pink-footed Goose
hybridAnser albifrons × brachyrhynchus
Greater White-fronted × Emperor Goose
hybridAnser albifrons × canagicus
Greater × Lesser White-fronted Goose
hybridAnser albifrons × erythropus
Pink-footed Goose × Tundra Bean-Goose
hybridAnser brachyrhynchus × serrirostris
Anser albifrons × rossii
hybridAnser albifrons × rossii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the old herbals & bestiaries
Jan Jonston — Naeukeurige beschryving van de natuur der viervoetige dieren (1660)
Jan Jonston · 1660 · p.203
The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. 1
Mark Catesby · 1777 · p.299
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.339
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.312
History of Monsters
Ulisse Aldrovandi · 1642 · p.674
History of Animals, Book I: On Viviparous Quadrupeds
Conrad Gessner · 1554 · p.322
Of the Eggs and Nests of Birds
Giuseppe Zinanni (Ginanni) (1692-1753) · 1737 · p.159
The Book of Health: The Art of Distillation
Brunschwig, Hieronymus · 1505 · p.143
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.687
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.396
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.685
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.552
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Anser in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 7006.