Anser
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
A brown goose with a white patch at the bill. It occurs across the Northern Hemisphere and gathers in wetlands and fields in winter.
- Greylag goose Anser anser
A large goose with grey-brown plumage. In Europe it lives in vegetated wetlands and surrounding grassland.
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
A goose seen in large flocks in Britain during winter. Its pink feet and pink band on the bill are distinctive.
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
A goose with white and blue color forms. North American flocks gather in fields and wetlands during migration and winter.
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
A long-necked goose with brown wings. Wild Asian populations graze near wetlands and migrate with the seasons.
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
A small grey-brown goose with a white patch at the base of its pink bill and black belly patches. The East Asian population winters in eastern China and the Korean Peninsula.
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
This entry covers the Taiga Bean Goose, Anser fabalis, as a species separate from the Tundra Bean Goose, A. serrirostris.
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
A goose with black bars on its white head, found from Central to South Asia.
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
A small goose that breeds in the Canadian Arctic and migrates to parts of the southern United States for winter. Adults are white with black wingtips, a shorter neck, and a smaller bill than a Snow Goose.
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
The Tundra Bean Goose breeds in northern Siberia and winters in Europe. The race recorded in the UK in winter is rossicus.
- Greylag goose Anser anser
A large goose with grey-brown plumage. In Europe it lives in vegetated wetlands and surrounding grassland.
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
A brown goose with a white patch at the bill. It occurs across the Northern Hemisphere and gathers in wetlands and fields in winter.
- Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
This entry covers the Taiga Bean Goose, Anser fabalis, as a species separate from the Tundra Bean Goose, A. serrirostris.
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus
A small grey-brown goose with a white patch at the base of its pink bill and black belly patches. The East Asian population winters in eastern China and the Korean Peninsula.
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus
A goose with black bars on its white head, found from Central to South Asia.
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
A goose seen in large flocks in Britain during winter. Its pink feet and pink band on the bill are distinctive.
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides
A long-necked goose with brown wings. Wild Asian populations graze near wetlands and migrate with the seasons.
- Tundra Bean Goose Anser serrirostris
The Tundra Bean Goose breeds in northern Siberia and winters in Europe. The race recorded in the UK in winter is rossicus.
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
A small goose that breeds in the Canadian Arctic and migrates to parts of the southern United States for winter. Adults are white with black wingtips, a shorter neck, and a smaller bill than a Snow Goose.
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
A goose with white and blue color forms. North American flocks gather in fields and wetlands during migration and winter.
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus
A goose with a striking white head and gray body. It feeds on coastal plants and shellfish; Alaska’s Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta is one part of its breeding range.