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Greylag Goose

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q25882
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Summary

Greylag Goose is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.52% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,870 views/month, #1,020 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Anser[5]
  • Taxon name: Anser anser[6]
  • Commons category: Anser anser[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anser anser[8]
  • Commons gallery: Anser anser[9]
  • Described by source: The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[10]
  • Original combination: Anas anser[11]
  • Short name: A. anser[12]
  • Taxon common name: Greylag Goose[13], Graugans[14], Ánsar común[15], Серый гусь[16], Grágæs[17], Grågås[18], Grauwe Gans[19], Oca selvatica[20], Oie cendrée[21], merihanhi[22], hallhani e. roohani[23], gęgawa[24], nyári lúd[25], husa velká[26]
  • Wingspan: 1.55 m[27]
  • Mass: 160 g[28]

Body

Identifiers

Greylag Goose's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8843[29]. Greylag Goose's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510528[30]. Greylag Goose's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498036[31]. Greylag Goose's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175028[32].

Why It Matters

Greylag Goose has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.4. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . Flight speeds among bird species: allometric and phylogenetic effects. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 10w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Salzburgwiki id → 29068
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Salzburgwiki id: 29068, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/102088847|Graugans (#102088847)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3987|Salzburgwiki – Taxons]] #"
  2. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Q96377276
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Endangered status, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Wingspan → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.55'}
    Aliases → —
    Parent taxon → Anser
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 19646, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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