Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the swan goose (A. cygnoides); they can be recognized by their prominent bill knob. [1] Some breeds, like the Obroshin Goose and Steinbach Fighting Goose, originated in hybrids between these species (the hybrid males are usually fertile – see Haldane's Rule). In addition, two goose ...
Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Pages in category "Goose breeds" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
Articles relating to Geese, birds of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (grey geese and white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian goose, Orinoco goose) are commonly called geese, but are not considered "true geese" taxonomically.
Domestic geese have been selectively bred for size, with some breeds weighing up to 10 kilograms (22 lb), [3] compared to the maximum of 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb) for the wild swan goose and 4.1 kilograms (9.0 lb) for the wild greylag goose. [5]
This is a list of Anseriformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. Anseriformes (Anser being Latin for "goose") is the taxonomic order to which the ducks, geese, swans, and screamers belong.
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gās and gæslingr, whence English gosling.
The African Goose is a large, heavy bird, among the heaviest of all goose breeds. [9]: 364 [11]: 353 [13] According to the British standard, weights are approximately 8–11 kg for geese and 10–13 kg for ganders; the Bund Deutscher Rassegeflügelzüchter [] gives weights of 7 kg and 8 kg respectively.
Pomeranian geese with goslings. The Pomeranian goose (German: Pommerngans, [1] French: L'oie de Poméranie [2]), also known as the Rügener goose, [1] is a breed of domestic goose. Although only an officially recognized breed since 1912, [1] this fowl was developed by Northern German farmers of Pomerania as early as 1500. [3]