Greylag Goose
Anser anser

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– large goose
– diurnal migrant, possibly also nocturnal
– migrates as pairs or in small to large flocks in formation

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, AD
BIF0013, 25/10/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
White-fronted Goose Anser a. albifrons
BIF0014, 25/02/2011, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, AD
BIF1130, 25/02/2011, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, AD
BIF1131, 24/02/2011, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, AD
BIF1132, 07/04/2016, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, AD
BIF1133, 26/07/2013, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, 2CY
BIF1134, 25/02/2011, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, 2CY
BIF1135, 25/02/2011, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Domestic Goose Anser anser domesticus
BIF1136, 13/09/2013, Emden, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
BIF1137, 21/09/2013, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
BIF1138, 17/09/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Common Crane Grus grus
BIF1139, 17/09/2012, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
BIF2796, 19/10/2017, North Sea, Offshore, Roland Neumann


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
BIF1140, 21/09/2013, Cuxhaven, Germany, Mathias Putze


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
BIF3494, 04/04/2021, Saalbachniederung, Germany, Mathias Putze
– Bar-headed Goose: free ranging population of feral origin


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
BIF3495, 04/04/2021, Saalbachniederung, Germany, Mathias Putze
– Bar-headed Goose: free ranging population of feral origin


Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
BIF3493, 04/04/2021, Saalbachniederung, Germany, Mathias Putze
– Bar-headed Goose: free ranging population of feral origin

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Greylag Goose Anser a. anser
Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus
Bewick’s Swan Cygnus bewickii
BIF0800, 05/03/13, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>



Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, calls in flight
BIF1141, 13/04/2012, Flachwasserzone Mannhausen, Germany, Patrick Franke



Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, calls in flight
Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris, calls in flight
BIF1142, 28/09/2013, Flachwasserzone Mannhausen, Germany, Patrick Franke



Greylag Goose Anser a. anser, calls in flight
BIF1143, 24/01/2015, Flachwasserzone Mannhausen, Germany, Patrick Franke

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Pink-footed Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Taiga Bean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
Egyptian Goose

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