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    Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; often found on or close to fresh water, the Canada goose is also common...
    61 KB (6,724 words) - 09:52, 16 May 2024
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    white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian goose, Orinoco goose) are commonly called geese, but are...
    21 KB (2,254 words) - 18:10, 17 May 2024
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    Anas anser. The specific epithet is Latin meaning "goose". The greylag goose is now one of 11 geese placed in the genus Anser that was erected in 1860...
    32 KB (3,463 words) - 21:45, 22 May 2024
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    A domestic goose is a goose that humans have domesticated and kept for their meat, eggs, or down feathers. Domestic geese have been derived through selective...
    12 KB (1,437 words) - 11:26, 29 March 2024
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    The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an African member of the Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans. Because of their popularity chiefly...
    21 KB (2,028 words) - 13:26, 6 April 2024
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    the genus Chen, but is now typically included in the "gray goose" genus Anser. Snow geese breed north of the timberline in Greenland, Canada, Alaska,...
    23 KB (2,679 words) - 02:03, 10 January 2024
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    the geese flying at 8,000 m (26,000 ft) are apocryphal. Bar headed geese have been observed flying at 7,000 metres (23,000 ft). The bar-headed goose migrates...
    19 KB (2,187 words) - 05:14, 22 November 2023
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    The barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) is a species of goose that belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black...
    19 KB (2,074 words) - 18:02, 19 May 2024
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    domestic geese are descended from the greylag goose (Anser anser). The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the swan goose (A. cygnoides);...
    15 KB (885 words) - 12:58, 18 March 2024
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    Magpie geese are unmistakable birds with their black and white plumage and yellowish legs. The feet are only partially webbed, and the magpie goose feeds...
    14 KB (1,501 words) - 00:50, 10 May 2024
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    adult birds, which is why the goose is colloquially called the "specklebelly" in North America. Greater white-fronted geese are 64–81 cm (25–32 in) in length...
    20 KB (2,248 words) - 14:35, 21 May 2024
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    of domestic goose, known by this name in Europe and in North America. Unlike the majority of goose breeds, it belongs to the knob geese, which derive...
    8 KB (745 words) - 17:09, 20 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Emden goose
    German breed of domestic goose. It is named for the town of Emden in north-westernmost Germany. The Emden is the oldest goose breed of the area that is...
    6 KB (509 words) - 00:52, 13 October 2023
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    the smallest of the three white geese that breed in North America. It is similar in appearance to a white-phase snow goose, but about 40% smaller. Other...
    11 KB (1,225 words) - 00:38, 18 March 2024
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    Anser (bird) (redirect from Grey geese)
    Anser is a waterfowl genus that includes the grey geese and the white geese. It belongs to the true goose and swan subfamily of Anserinae under the family...
    22 KB (1,801 words) - 09:00, 23 May 2024
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    †Bering cackling goose (B. h. asiatica)—doubtfully distinct from B. h. leucopareia; extinct (c.1929) The distinctions between the two geese have led to a...
    10 KB (1,136 words) - 20:25, 31 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Spur-winged goose
    The spur-winged goose (Plectropterus gambensis) is a large, Sub-Saharan African waterbird in the family Anatidae, which includes geese and shelducks. However...
    11 KB (1,234 words) - 10:17, 8 February 2024
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    Nene (bird) (redirect from Hawaiian geese)
    fossils, all Hawaiian geese, living and extinct, are closely related to the giant Canada goose (B. c. maxima) and dusky Canada goose (B. c. occidentalis)...
    14 KB (1,346 words) - 17:12, 16 May 2024
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    to matings with Embden Geese made in the late 19th century. List of goose breeds Embden Geese Toulouse Geese Sebastopol goose and goslings White gosling...
    5 KB (599 words) - 01:47, 15 May 2023
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    species in the family Anatidae, which contains the ducks, geese, and swans. In summer, the emperor goose is found in remote coastal areas near the Bering Sea...
    21 KB (2,387 words) - 04:58, 8 March 2024
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