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Species status: full species

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Other related concepts

• Anser anser x Cygnus olor (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cygnus atratus (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cygnus cygnus (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cygnus columbianus (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x cygnoid] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x brachyrhynchus] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x fabalis] (hybrid)
• Anser anser [var. domesticus] (domestic form)
• Alopochen aegyptiaca x Anser anser (hybrid)
• Anas platyrhynchos x Anser anser (hybrid)
• Anser [albifrons x anser] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x indicus] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x caerulescens] (hybrid)
• Anser [anser x rossii] (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Branta canadensis (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Branta leucopsis (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Branta bernicla (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Tadorna tadorna (hybrid)
• Anser anser x Cairina moschata (hybrid)

Other synonyms

Arabic: الإوز الرمادي, الإوز الرمادي وز
Asturian: Gansu
Azerbaijani: Boz qaş, Boz qaz
Belarusian: huś šeraja, гусь шэрая, Сівы гусь, Шэрая гусь, Шэры гусь
Bulgarian: siva g"ska, Сива гъска
Bengali: মেটে রাজহাঁস
Breton: Ar waz louet, gwaz louet, Waz
Catalan: Oca comuna, Oca salvatge, Oca vulgar
Catalan (Balears): Oca salvatge
Valencian: Oca vulgar
Shor: Пор қас
Montenegrin: divlja guska
Czech: Husa velká
Welsh: gŵydd wyllt, Gŵydd wyllt gyffredin
Danish: Grågås
German: Graugans
Greek: china, Σπιτόσιηνα, Σταχτόχηνα, χήνα
Greek (Cypriot): Σπιτόσιηνα
English: Eastern Graylag Goose, Eastern Greylag Goose, Feral Goose, Gray goose, Gray Lag-Goose, Graylag Goose, Gray-lag goose, Grey goose, Grey Lag-Goose, Greylag, Greylag Goose, Grey-lag goose, Western Graylag Goose
English (IOC): Greylag Goose
Esperanto: Griza ansero
Spanish: Ansar Comun, Ansar Común, Ánsar Común, Ganso común
Spanish (Argentine): Ganso común
Spanish (Colombia): Ganso Común
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Común
Spanish (HBW): Ánsar común
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Común
Estonian: Hallhani, hallhani (roohani), Hallhani e. roohani, hallhani roohani, roohani
Basque: antzara hankagorrizta, Oca vulgar
Persian: غاز خاکستری
Finnish: Merihanhi
Faroese: grágás
French: Oie cendrée
Friulian: ocje di prât, ocje salvadie
Frisian: skiere goes
Irish: ganso bravo, gé ghlas, Gé mhór fhionn
Gaelic: Gèadh-Glas
Galician: Ganso bravo, Oca vulgar
Manx: Guiy Feie, guiy glass
Hebrew: אווז אפור, אוז אפור
Croatian: divlja guska, Siva Guska
Hungarian: Nyári lúd
Armenian: [Mokhraguyn Sug ], Մոխրագույն Սագ
Icelandic: Grágæs
Italian: Oca selvatica
Japanese: hai-iro gan, haiirogan, Haiiro-gan
Japanese: ハイイロガン
Japanese (Kanji): 灰色雁
Georgian: რუხი ბატი, რუხი ღერღეტი
Khakas: Пора хас
Kazakh: Бөр қаз, Сұр қаз
Kazakh (Transliteration): sur qaz
Korean: 회색기러기
Korean (Transliteration): hoe-saek-gireogi
Cornish: Gothwyls
Scientific: Anas Anser, Anser anser, Anser anser anser
Ladino: aucia salvaria
Luxembourgish: Grogäns
Limburgish: Grijze gajs
Ladin: Aucia salvaria
Lithuanian: Pilkoji žaćsis, Pilkoji žasis, pilkoji žąsis
Latvian: meža zoss
Macedonian: diva guska, дива гуска, Обична (Дива) гуска
Mongolian: Бор галуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠪᠣᠷᠣ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠪᠣᠷᠣ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Бор галуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): borg aluu
Moldavian: Cǐsca cenuşie, Gâscă de vară
Malay: Burung Angsa Kelabu
Maltese: Wizza Griza, wiżża griża
Dutch: Grauwe Gans
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grågås
Norwegian: Grågås
Polish: (gęś) gęgawa, gegawa, gęgawa, gęgawa (gęś gęgawa), ges gegawa, Gęś gęgawa
Pinyin: dà yàn, hóng-zuǐ yàn, huáng-zuǐ huī é, huī yàn, huī-yāo yàn, shā-é, shā-yàn
Portuguese: ganso bravo, Ganso-bravo, Ganso-comum
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-bravo
Romansh: auca grischa
Romanian: gâsca de vara, gâscă de vară
Russian: Cерый гусь, Sery Gus, seryj gus', Гусь серый, Серый гусь
Scots: Geadh glas
Sindhi: ٱب هبٽ شٖ يَ
Northern Sami: Mearracuonji, ránesčuonjá
Slovak: hus divá
Slovenian: siva gos, siva gosc
Albanian: Pata e eger, pata e egër
Serbian: Divlja guska, Дивлја гуска, дивља гуска
Swedish: Grågås
Thai: ห่านเทาปากชมพู, ห่านเทาปากสีชมพู, ห่านป่าสีเทา
Thai (Transliteration): hàan tʰaw pàak-sĭi-cʰom-pʰuu, hàan-pàa sĭi-tʰaw
Turkmen: boz kaz
Turkish: Boz kaz, Yaban Kazı, Сұр қаз
Tuvinian: Бора кас
Ukrainian: guska sira, гуска сіра, Сіра гуска
Vietnamese: Ngỗng trời
Sorbian, Lower: źiwa gus
Sorbian, Upper: dźiwje huso, šěra husyca
Chinese: [dà yàn], [hong-zui yan], [huáng-zuǐ huī é], [hui yan], [hui-yao yan], [sha-e], [sha-yan], 大雁, 沙雁, 沙鹅, 灰 雁, 灰腰雁, 灰雁, 红嘴雁, 黄嘴灰鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 大雁, 沙雁, 沙鵝, 灰嘴灰鵝, 灰腰雁, 灰雁, 鴻嘴雁
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 灰雁
Chinese (Taiwan): [hui yan], 灰雁