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Swan Goose

Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The swan goose is a large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, northernmost China, and the Russian Far East. It is migratory and winters mainly in central and eastern China. Vagrant birds are encountered in Japan and Korea, and more rarely in Kazakhstan, Laos, coastal Siberia, Taiwan, Thailand and Uzbekistan. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Anser
Scientific:
  Anser cygnoides


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.122

Protonym:
  Anas Cygnoid

Type locality:
  Asia.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/140/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  946E45176CFB6DE7

Avibase ID:
  avibase-946E4517

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/946E4517


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175032


ENDANGERED

Geographic range:

  • Anser cygnoides: breeds central Asia and Mongolia to southeastern Siberia; winters to southeastern China
English:
Swan Goose
Catalan:
Oca cigne
Czech:
husa labutí
Danish:
Svanegås
German:
Schwanengans
Spanish:
Ánsar cisnal
Spanish (Spain):
Ánsar Cisnal
Finnish:
joutsenhanhi
French:
Oie cygnoïde
Croatian:
labudolika guska
Hungarian:
kínai hattyúlúd
Icelandic:
Svangæs
Italian:
Oca cigno
Japanese (romaji):
sakatsuragan
Japanese:
サカツラガン
Lithuanian:
Gulbinė žąsis
Dutch:
Zwaangans
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Svanegås
Norwegian:
Svanegås
Polish:
gęś łabędzionosa
Portuguese:
Ganso-cisne
Portuguese (Portugal):
ganso-chinês
Russian:
Сухонос
Slovak:
hus labutia
Serbian:
Labudasta guska
Swedish:
svangås
Ukrainian:
Гуска китайська
Chinese:
鸿雁
Chinese (Traditional):
鴻雁


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Oie cygnoïde ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Oie cygnoïde ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Chinese Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Chinese Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoid) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Anser cygnoides [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cygnopsis cygnoid [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Anser cygnoides [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Swan Goose ( Anser cygnoides) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Anser cygnoides [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Anser cygnoides [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Abkhazian: аҦынүаҭаҩа Ҟыз
Afrikaans: Swaangans
Asturian: Gansu cisne
Azerbaijani: quruburun, qurudimdik, qurudimdik qaz
Belarusian: Лебядзіная гусь
Bulgarian: Лебедова гъска, Лебедоподобна гъска
Breton: Gwaz-alarc'h
Catalan: Oca cigne
Czech: Husa labuti, Husa labutí
Chuvash: сухонос
Welsh: Alarchŵydd
Danish: Svanegås
German: China-Höckergans, Schwanengans
Greek: Κυκvόχηvα, Κυκνοειδής Χήνα
English: Chinese Goose, Swan Goose
English, HBW: Swan Goose
English (IOC): Swan Goose
English (United States): Swan Goose
Esperanto: Cigna ansero
Spanish: Ansar Cisnal, Ánsar cisnal, Ánsar Cisne
Spanish (Spain): Ánsar Cisnal
Spanish (HBW): Swan Goose
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Cisnal
Estonian: stepihani
Finnish: Joutsenhanhi
French: Oie cygnoïde
Frisian: Swangoes
Irish: Ealaghé
Galician: Ganso cisnal, Ganso cisne
Manx: Guiy ollay
Hebrew: אווז ברבורי, אווז סיני
Croatian: labudolika guska
Hungarian: Hattyúlúd, kínai hattyúlúd
Icelandic: Svangæs
Italian: Cignoide cinese, Oca cigno, Oca cignoide
Japanese (romaji): saka-tsura gan, sakatsuragan, Sakatsura-gan
Japanese: サカツラガン, サクツラガン
Japanese (Kanji): 酒面雁
Mongolian, Halh: гэршүүлсэн галуу
Kazakh: қу тұмсық қаз, қутұмсық, қутұмсық қаз, Қытай қазы
Kazakh (Transliteration): qıtıy qazı
Korean: 개리
Korean (Transliteration): gaeri
Kirghiz: куусымак каз
Scientific: Anas Cygnoid, Anser cygnoid, Anser cygnoides, Anser cygnoides ferus, Cygnopsis cygnoid, Cygnopsis cygnoides
Luxembourgish: Schwunnegäns
Limburgish: Zwanegajs
Lithuanian: Gulbinė žąsis, Laibasnapė žaćsis
Latvian: lielknābja zoss
Mongolian: гэршүүлсэн галуу, Халиу галуу, Хошуу галуу
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠣᠰᠢᠭᠣ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠯᠢᠭᠣ ᠭᠠᠯᠠᠭᠣ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Халиун галуу, Хээрийн галуу
Mongolian (Transliteration): khaliug aluu, khaliuŋg aluu, kheeriŋg aluu, khoshuug aluu
Dutch: Zwaan gans, Zwaangans
Norwegian Nynorsk: Svanegås
Norwegian: Svanegås
Polish: ges labedzionosa, gęś łabędzionosa
Pinyin: cǎo yàn, dà-yàn, guān-yàn, hēi-zuǐ yàn, hóng-yàn, qí-é, shā yàn, suí é, tiān-é-shì dà-yàn, yuán é
Portuguese: Ganso-cisne
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-africano, ganso-chinês
Rhaeto-Romance: Auca cign
Romanian: Gâscă lebădă
Russian: Гусь-сухонос, Сухонос
Yakut: хара тумустаах хаас
Northern Sami: Njukčačuonjá
Slovak: hus labutia
Slovenian: Labodja gos
Serbian: Labudasta guska
Swedish: Svangås
Thai: ห่านเทาปากดำ, ห่านคอขาว
Thai (Transliteration): hàan kʰoaa-kʰăaw, hàan tʰaw pàak-dam
Turkmen: gara çüňk gaz
Turkish: Çin kazı, Kuğu Kazı, Қытый қазы
Tatar: Кытай казы
Tuvinian: Хоор-кас, черлик хоор-кас
Ukrainian: Гуска китайська
Uzbek: куркбурун ғоз, қуруқ бурун ғоз, Хитой ғози
Kalmyk: хоңһр һалун, цеңһә
Chinese: [da yan], [hong-yan], [yuan e], 冠雁, 原鹅, 大雁, 天鹅式大雁, 奇鹅, 沙鹅, 洪雁, 草鹅, 随鹅, 鴻雁, 鸿 雁, 鸿雁, 黑嘴鹅
Chinese (Traditional): 冠雁, 原鵝, 大雁, 天鵝式大雁, 奇鵝, 沙鵝, 洪雁, 草鵝, 隨鵝, 鴻雁, 黑嘴鵝
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 鴻雁
Chinese (Taiwan): [hong-yan], 鴻雁, 鸿雁

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