Greylag Goose

Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called Graylag Goose, Domesticated Geese. Occurrence records of the Greylag Goose are shared on GBIF from around 4 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Rotary Park (144 records), in 3 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernAnatidae

4reserves with records

171records around them

3provinces

LCIUCN category

Greylag Goose (Anser anser) — Photo: Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
Rotary ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	144
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	23
Mzamba Fossil bedsProtected heritage site	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	2
Cape Winelands Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserve	WC Western Cape	2

By province

Gauteng: 2 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 1 reserve
Western Cape: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Anseriformes
Family: Anatidae
Scientific name: Anser anser
GBIF taxon: 2498036
Wikidata: Q25882

More of the Anatidae family

Egyptian Goose Yellow-billed Duck Spur-winged Goose White-faced Whistling Duck African Black Duck Red-billed Teal South African Shelduck Cape Shoveler Cape Teal Southern Pochard Mallard Blue-billed Teal Maccoa Duck White-backed Duck African Pygmy Goose Knob-billed Duck Fulvous Whistling Duck

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.