Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Anser

Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anser*	Brisson, 1760	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas anser*	Linnaeus, 1758	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: pata e egër; pata e vendit; pata kullashe sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Сива гъска sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: grågås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grauwe gans sources: Provoost, S.; Bonte, D. (Ed.) (2004). Animated dunes: a view of biodiversity at the Flemish coast [Levende duinen: een overzicht van de biodiversiteit aan de Vlaamse kust]. Mededelingen van het Instituut voor Natuurbehoud, 22. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud: Brussel, Belgium. ISBN 90-403-0205-7. 416, ill., appendices pp.

English: greylag goose sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

German: Graugans; Wildgans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Σταχτόχηνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: אווז אפור sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: oca selvatica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Japanese: ハイイロガン sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Lithuanian: pilkoji žąsis sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: grågås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: grågås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: grågås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: gęgawa; gęś gęgawa sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: gâsca de vară; gâscă de vară sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: серый гусь sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: gé ghlas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: siva gos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: ánsar común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: grågås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: boz kaz sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Гуска сіра sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwydd wyllt

Literature

basis of record	BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
ecology source	BirdLife International. (2018). Anser anser. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. e.T22679889A131907747.