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Greylag Goose

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The greylag goose is the type species of the genus Anser and the ancestor of most domestic goose breeds, first domesticated by at least 1360 BCE; wild and domestic birds can still interbreed. It breeds from Iceland and northern Europe eastward across Russia to northeastern China, in habitats ranging from moors and peat bogs to salt marshes, estuaries and flooded fields, feeding mainly on grasses, tubers and grain. Pairs form long-term, often lifelong bonds, and young geese learn traditional migration routes and wintering grounds by travelling with their parents in larger flocks. Once heavily reduced, some populations have rebounded sharply in recent decades; in Orkney, numbers rose from about 300 breeding pairs to roughly 64,000 birds by 2019. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
System (Realm)
Freshwater 2
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Domesticated 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 1
Derived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status.
Scientific Name
Anser anser 1
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Anseriformes, Taxa
Source Catalogue of Life

In Biome

Wetlands, Biomes
Source Greylag Goose (Wikipedia)

In Ecosystem

Danube Delta, Ecosystems
Source Wikidata: Greylag Goose
Additional Source Danube Delta (Wikipedia)Article text
Moorland, Ecosystems
Source Wikidata: Greylag Goose
Additional Source Greylag Goose (Wikipedia)Article text
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Goose

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Sources
1. Greylag Goose (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    The greylag goose (Anser anser) is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus Anser.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • Relationship to Domestic Goose section
    is the ancestor of most breeds of domestic goose, having been domesticated at least as early as 1360 BCE
  • In Biome: Wetlands, Habitat Types
    salt marshes, estuaries, freshwater marshes, steppes, flooded fields
  • In Ecosystem: Moorland, Article text
    Greylag geese travel to their northerly breeding grounds in spring, nesting on moorlands, in marshes, around lakes and on coastal islands.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Greylag goose
human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
Quote, human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It is the ancestor of most breeds of domestic goose, having been domesticated at least as early as 1360 BCE.
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4. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Anser anser (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of ZoologyConservation Status: CITES
Quote, Conservation Status: CITES
CITES No special status
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Wikidata: Greylag Goose
Wikidata Q25882, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: AnseriformesView the Source
Danube Delta (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIn Ecosystem: Danube Delta, Article text
Quote, In Ecosystem: Danube Delta, Article text
most important are the tufted duck (Aythya fuligula), red-crested pochard (Netta rufina), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), greylag goose (Anser anser), pygmy cormorant (Microcarbo pygmeus), purple heron (Ardea purpurea), great white egret (Egretta alba), little egret (Egretta garzetta), Eurasian spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia), great
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