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  2. Goose - Wikipedia

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    A goose (pl.: geese) is a bird 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. [1]

  3. Canada goose - Wikipedia

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    The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large wild goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe.

  4. Category:Geese - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Branta - Wikipedia

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    The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. They occur in the northern coastal regions of the Palearctic and all over North America , migrating to more southerly coasts in winter, and as resident birds in the Hawaiian Islands .

  6. Pygmy goose - Wikipedia

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    Pygmy geese are a group of very small "perching ducks" in the genus Nettapus which breed in the Old World tropics. They are the smallest of all wildfowl . As the "perching ducks" are a paraphyletic group, [ 2 ] they need to be placed elsewhere.

  7. List of goose breeds - Wikipedia

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    This list contains breeds and landraces of domestic geese as well as species with semi-domestic populations. Geese are bred mainly for their meat, which is particularly popular in Germanic languages countries around Christmas. Of lesser commercial importance is goose breeding for eggs, schmaltz, or for the fattened liver .

  8. Anserinae - Wikipedia

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    The Anserinae are a subfamily in the waterfowl family Anatidae.It includes the swans and the true geese.Under alternative systematical concepts (see e.g., Terres & NAS, 1991), it is split into two subfamilies, the Anserinae contain the geese and the ducks, while the Cygninae contain the swans.

  9. Egyptian goose - Wikipedia

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    Egyptian geese usually mate for life. Both the male and female care for the offspring until they are old enough to care for themselves. [36] Such parental care, however, does not include foraging for the young, which are able to forage for themselves upon hatching. Egyptian geese typically eat seeds, leaves, grasses and plant stems.