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The Anserinae is a subfamily of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It includes the swans and geese; this article deals with the swans and true geese in the subfamily Anserinae. See swan and goose, and the individual species, for more details. A number of other waterbirds, mainly related to the shelducks, have "goose" as part of their name; see the family page at Anatidae for these and others.
Species of swan and goose:
- Genus Anser - grey geese
- Greylag Goose Anser anser. Temperate Europe and Asia.
- White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons. Arctic North America, Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Lesser White-fronted Goose Anser erythropus. Subarctic Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Bean Goose Anser fabalis. Arctic and subarctic Europe and Asia, wintering further south.
- Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus. Arctic Atlantic Ocean shores, wintering further south in western Europe.
- Bar-headed Goose Anser indicus. Mountains of temperate central Asia, wintering further south in India.
- Swan Goose Anser cygnoides. Temperate eastern Asia, wintering further south.
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens or Chen caerulescens. Arctic and subarctic North America, wintering further south.
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii or Chen rossii. Arctic North America, wintering further south.
- Emperor Goose Anser canagicus or Chen canagica. Arctic Pacific Ocean shores, wintering a short distance further south.
- Genus Branta - black geese
- Genus Cereopsis
- Cape Barren Goose Cereopsis novaehollandiae. Southern Australia, resident or nomadic. Distinct from other geese and often placed in a subfamily of its own.
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