Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Grysgans |
Albanian | Pata e egër |
Arabic | اوزة ربداء |
Armenian | Մոխրագույն սագ |
Assamese | দেও ৰাজহাঁহ |
Asturian | Gansu bravu |
Azerbaijani | Boz qaz |
Basque | Antzara hankagorrizta |
Bulgarian | Сива гъска |
Catalan | Oca comuna |
Chinese | 灰雁 |
Chinese (SIM) | 灰雁 |
Croatian | siva guska |
Czech | husa velká |
Danish | Grågås |
Dutch | Grauwe Gans |
English | Graylag Goose |
English (United States) | Graylag Goose |
Faroese | Grágás |
Finnish | merihanhi |
French | Oie cendrée |
French (France) | Oie cendrée |
Galician | Ganso común |
German | Graugans |
Greek | Σταχτόχηνα |
Hebrew | אווז אפור |
Hungarian | Nyári lúd |
Icelandic | Grágæs |
Italian | Oca selvatica |
Japanese | ハイイロガン |
Korean | 회색기러기 |
Latvian | Meža zoss |
Lithuanian | Pilkoji žąsis |
Mongolian | Бор галуу |
Norwegian | grågås |
Persian | غاز خاکستری |
Polish | gęgawa |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Ganso-bravo |
Romanian | Gâscă de vară |
Russian | Серый гусь |
Serbian | Divlja guska |
Slovak | hus divá |
Slovenian | Siva gos |
Spanish | Ánsar Común |
Spanish (Mexico) | Ganso Común |
Spanish (Peru) | Ganso Común |
Spanish (Spain) | Ánsar común |
Swedish | grågås |
Thai | ห่านเทาปากชมพู |
Turkish | Boz Kaz |
Ukrainian | Гуска сіра |
Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Anas Anser
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.123.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Restricted type locality, Sweden.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ANSER
- anser
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
SPECIES
Graylag Goose Anser anser Scientific name definitions
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 28, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 28, 2016
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Graylag Goose Anser anser
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Graylag Goose (Anser anser), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.gragoo.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 28, 2016
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
Authors
Carles Carboneras and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Carboneras, C. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Greylag Goose (Anser anser). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.