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Domestic Swan Goose

Anser cygnoides

Description:

Large goose with bi-colored neck and all black bill. Brown crown and hindneck contrast strongly with pale creamy-brownish lower sides of head and foreneck. Large knob at the base of the bill (the wild form lacks this). It also can show a white patch behind the bill. It varies from wild type coloring (mostly gray with a dark line down the back of the otherwise white neck) to pure white.

Habitat:

Native to eastern Eurasia.

Notes:

Sometimes called a Chinese goose.

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1 Comment

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Good-looking Goose!

CoastalJHawk
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CoastalJHawk

Georgia, USA

Spotted on Dec 3, 2012
Submitted on Dec 3, 2012

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