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Anser cygnoides, Anser anser
Another species of goose that has been domesticated is the Swan Goose, native to eastern Eurasia and sometimes called a Chinese goose. A domestic swan goose usually has a 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. Domestic geese can be any color between completely gray (wild type) to completely white, but they are always big and blocky with a different bill shape.
Man made lake in a park.
Spotted on Aug 23, 2011
Submitted on Jun 8, 2013
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And who knows which are related? :)
Thank you Gatorfellows for the link. They are domestic geese, no wonder I didn't find them in my bird guide.
Here is a reference from Cornell.edu that helped explain domestic geese to me: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/domge...