List of goose breeds

List of goose breeds

This list contains breeds of domestic geese as well as species with semi-domestic populations. Goose breeds are usually grouped into 3 weight classes: Heavy, Medium and LightAPA (2001)] .

Most domestic geese are descended from the Greylag Goose, "Anser anser". The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the Swan Goose ("A. cygnoides"). Other breeds, like the Steinbach Fighting Goose, originated in hybrids between these species (the hybrid males are usually fertile, see Haldane's Rule).

* African Goose
* Alsatian Goose
* American Buff Goose
* Bavarian Landrace
* Brecon Buff Goose
* Celle Goose
* Chinese Goose
* Czech Goose
* Czech Tufted Goose
* Danish Landrace
* Diepholz Goose
* Embden Goose ("Emdener Gans")
* Emporda Goose
* English Saddleback Goose
* Franconian Landrace
* German Laying Goose ("Deutsche Legegans")
* Greyback Goose
* Leine Goose
* Light Toulouse Goose
* Lippe Goose
* Öland Goose
* Pilgrim Goose [Features are sex-linked: APA (2001)]
* Pomeranian Goose
* Pomeranian Saddleback Goose
* Scanian Goose
* Sebastopol Goose ("Lockengans")
* Steinbach Fighting Goose
* Roman Tufted Goose
* Russian Goose
* Toulouse Goose
* Touraine Goose
* Tula Fighting Goose
* Twente Landrace

emi-domesticated geese

* Canada Goose [Derived from small eastern subspecies' stock: APA (2001)]
* Egyptian Goose

Footnotes

References

* (2001): The American Standard of Perfection. Mendon, Massachusetts.


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