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Graylag Goose

Anser anser

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Graylag Goose, photographed by Hobbyfotowiki

Photo: Hobbyfotowiki · Wikimedia · CC0 1.0 (licence)

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About the Graylag Goose

Large gray goose. Rather bulky and overall brownish gray with a big pinkish-orange bill and pinkish legs. In flight shows extensively pale gray leading edge to upperwings, rather pale underwing coverts, and broad white tail tip. Compare to other gray geese, which differ in details of bill pattern and color, head and neck pattern, and have dark underwings. Inhabits lakes, marshes, and wetlands, and even urban parks in parts of its European range.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 113 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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