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Where does the Graylag Goose live?

Anser anser has 4,893,072 records in 143 countries and territories, from 1575 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Graylag Goose
Graylag Goose — Diliff / CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeAnser

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 1,188,349
Netherlands 963,380
Denmark 775,521
United Kingdom 483,025
Norway 402,025
Germany 285,257
Belgium 201,576
Spain 84,873
France 74,495
United States 65,419
Iceland 46,994
Poland 37,013
India 35,659
Czechia 29,974
Finland 28,761
Austria 26,808
Estonia 16,991
Hungary 13,875
New Zealand 13,631
Portugal 11,615
Italy 11,545
Switzerland 9,727
Australia 7,014
South Africa 6,256
Ireland 5,651
China 4,972
Slovakia 4,752
Argentina 4,335
Russia 4,099
Ukraine 3,897
Mexico 3,593
Romania 3,465
Croatia 2,868
Lithuania 2,631
Türkiye 2,589
Isle of Man 2,582
Greece 2,527
Serbia 2,410
Mongolia 1,954
Faroe Islands 1,698

Showing the top 40 of 143 places.

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Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.