Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region
showing areas
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 Geese
Anser fabalis
Taiga (fabalis) and tundra (serrirostris). 
Lakes, ponds, bogs, sluggish rivers, swamps, wet meadows.

A. f. fabalis. From Scandinavia e through nw,c Russia and c,se Siberia (s of tundra) to Anadyrland and Kamchatka and s to Altai, Transbaicalia, Mongolia and Amurland.
A. f. serrirostris.  From n Russia, incl. Novaya Zemlya, e through n Siberia to Chukotski Pen. 
Rare migrant in the Aleutian Is.; vagrant recorded in Nebraska.

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Anser brachyrhynchus
Tundra lakes, ponds, sluggish rivers, swamps, wet meadows. 
E Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, probably Franz Josef Land, and extreme nw Russia on the Kola Peninsula. 
Vagrant e Canada, possibly ne U.S. 
Some vagrants may be escapes from captivity. 
Introduced  in Great Britain, but not certainly established.
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Anser albifrons
Tundra lakes, ponds, wet meadows; in migration marshes, flooded fields and brackish coastal areas.

A. a. albifrons  N Russia and n Siberia e to Chukotski Pen. and Anadyrland, Novaya Zemlya, Kolguyev and Vaygach islands; from n,w,sc Alaska s to Bristol Bay and e across n Yukon, n Mackenzie and s Victoria I. to n Keewatin; w Greenland.
Anser a. elgasi  (= gambeli)  Tule Goose. 
Differs from typical albifrons and may be a separate species. 
Breeds in the Cook Inlet area of s Alaska and winters in the Sacramento Valley of California.

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Anser fabalis
Bean Goose
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not uncommon
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Anser brachyrhynchus
Pink-footted Goose
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common
Introduced  in Great Britain
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Anser albifrons
Greater White-fronted Goose
fairly common
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Anser erythropus
Open tundra, taiga, lakes, ponds, alpine habitats. 
From n Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland. 
A specimen was taken on Attu I. in the Aleutians in May, 1994
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Anser anser
Reedbeds, marshy swamps, estuaries, lakes. 
From Iceland, Outer Hebrides, British Isles, Netherlands and Scandinavia e across c Russia incl. Ural Mts. and lower Volga River, and s Siberia n to L. Baikal and Amurland to n China; s locally or formerly to the Balkans, w Turkey, extreme nw Iran, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Altai, se Iraq and Afghanistan. 
The domesticated goose was derived from the Graylag Goose.
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Anser indicus
Marshes, lake shores, highland moors. 
Mts. to 4600 m from the Pamir Mts., Kirghiz steppes, Altai Mts. and extreme sw Siberia (Tuva), Mongolia and n China s to ne Afghanistan, n India and w Tibet. 
Records from Europe are probably escapes from captivity. 
Introduced in Great Britain, but not certainly established. 
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Anser erythropus
Lesser White-fronted Goose
localized, rare
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Anser anser
Greylag Goose
common
has bred France, Algeria
Note:
The domesticated goose was derived from the Graylag Goose
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Anser indicus
Bar-headed Goose
Vagrant
Hungary, European Russia
(escapes from captivity ?)-
Introduced in Great Britain
no map
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Index Families
Anatidae 66
species
 07-08-09-10-11-12
 2001 by Alberto Masi