Graylag Goose Photo Gallery
(European)
A large goose with a light grayish-brown head, neck, breast, and belly; dark brown upperparts; a white tail with a dark band; and pinkish legs. Birds breeding in western Europe (Graylag Goose (European)) have an orangish bill.
© Christoph Moning / Macaulay LibraryBayern, March 15, 2007(Siberian)
Birds breeding from eastern Europe to East Asia (Graylag Goose (Siberian)) are slightly larger and lighter and have pink bills.
© Jian-Long(建龍) WU(吳) / Macaulay LibraryKinmen County, November 03, 2018(European)
In flight, note the strongly contrasting light-dark pattern of the underwings. Some birds show black speckling on the belly, but not as much as in Greater White-fronted Goose.
© António Gonçalves / Macaulay LibraryLisboa, February 12, 2011(Siberian)
In flight, note the extensive pale gray patches on the wings, gray rump, and white tail with broad dark band.
© Nitin Chandra / Macaulay LibraryUttar Pradesh, March 10, 2019(European)
The Graylag Goose's combination of very pale upperwing patches plus strongly contrasting underwing pattern is distinctive among the six species of European “gray geese.”
© Christoph Moning / Macaulay LibraryBurgenland, March 05, 2011(European)
Forms large flocks and grazes in grasslands and agricultural fields.
© Bruce Kerr / Macaulay LibraryScotland, November 19, 2016(Siberian)
Forages on aquatic vegetation in large wetlands.
© jaysukh parekh Suman / Macaulay LibraryGujarat, March 02, 2015Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)
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