FERAL GOOSE

Photographed at Matata, New Zealand, June 2017

1207                 FERAL GOOSE                Anser anser 

NEW ZEALAND               67

Found in lakes, estuaries and farmland. 80 cm. Common European introduction found throughout New Zealand.

Photographed at Napier, New Zealand, June 2017

CANADA GOOSE

Photographed at Tauranga, New Zealand, June 2017

(*  308)               CANADA GOOSE                Branta canadensis 

NEW ZEALAND               58

Found in high-country pastures, freshwater lakes and margins, and coastal lagoons. 83 cm. Common North American introduction found throughout the country.

EGYPTIAN GOOSE

347          EGYPTIAN GOOSE              Alopochen aegyptiaca

South Africa            (40)

Native to Africa south of the Sahara and the Nile Valley. Considered sacred by Ancient Egyptians, raised for food. Popular and escapees established small feral populations in Europe. 63-73 cm. Various habitat, except desert and thick jungle.

CANADA GOOSE

Photographed in York, England

308            CANADA GOOSE             Branta canadensis

Britain          (8)

Native to Arctic and temperate regions of North America, it sometimes migrates to northern Europe and has been introduced to Britain and New Zealand. Has adapted well to human altered areas and so established itself in rural and urban areas, sometimes considered a pest. Most hunted bird in North America. 75-110 cm, wingspan 127-185 cm.

MAGPIE GOOSE

58         MAGPIE GOOSE          Anseranas semipalmata

Australia     (58)

Also known as the Pied Goose. 75-90 cm, wingspan 1.2-90 cms. Male is larger. Found in wetlands, dams, wet grasslands. Range across northern Australia and down the coast to Brisbane.