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 Alopochen

Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

AlopochenStejneger, 1885accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Dutch: Nijlgans
 English: Egyptian goose sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: ouette d'Égypte
 German: Nilgans
 Welsh: gwydd yr aifft

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

Avibase - the world bird database.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Alopochen aegyptiaca (Linnaeus, 1766). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416680

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


not marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

no data

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Last modified

2011-04-04 by Peter Adriaens

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