Anser (bird)

The watterfoul genus Anser^[1] includes aw gray geese (an sometimes the white geese). The maist common is the graylag geese. It belangs tae the true geese an swan subfaimily (Anserinae).^[2]

Anser Temporal range: Miocene-Holocene
Greylag geese (pair), Anser anser
Scientific classification
Kinrick:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Cless:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Faimily:	Anatidae
Tribe:	Anserini Vigors 1825
Genus:	Anser Brisson, 1760
Teep species
Anser anser Greylag guiss Linnaeus, 1758
Speshies
Anser albifrons Anser anser A. a. anser A. a. rubrirostris A. a. domesticus Anser brachyrhynchus Anser caerulescens Anser canagicus Anser cygnoides A. c. cygnoides A. c. domesticus Anser fabalis Anser erythropus Anser indicus Anser rossii Anser serrirostris and see text
Synonyms
Chen Boie, 1822 (but see text) Cygnopsis Brandt, 1836 Cycnopsis Agassiz, 1846 (emendation) Eulabeia Reichenbach, 1852 Philacte Bannister, 1870 Heterochen Short, 1970 (but see text)

References

1. Linné, Carl von; Linné, Carl von; Salvius, Lars (1758). Caroli Linnaei...Systema naturae per regna tria naturae :secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. v.1. Holmiae: Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii.
2. Cottrell, G. William; Cottrell, G. William; Greenway, James C.; Mayr, Ernst; Paynter, Raymond A; Peters, James Lee; Traylor, Melvin A (1979). Check-list of birds of the world. v.1:ed.2 (1979). Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p. 434.