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Where does the Swan Goose live?

Anser cygnoides has 74,900 records in 106 countries and territories, from 1835 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

Swan Goose
Swan Goose — grihahasanov / CC BY 4.0 · source
AnimaliaChordataAvesAnseriformesAnatidaeAnser

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. 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
United States 38,249
Netherlands 5,999
China 5,987
Belgium 5,287
Mongolia 3,114
Germany 3,049
Taiwan 1,766
Italy 1,263
Portugal 1,146
France 1,098
Japan 1,055
Spain 1,040
South Korea 880
United Kingdom 659
Serbia 436
Brazil 402
Mexico 352
Sweden 310
Canada 308
India 286
Austria 266
Denmark 231
Czechia 181
Thailand 180
Russia 136
New Zealand 99
Luxembourg 93
Puerto Rico 91
United Arab Emirates 66
Colombia 66
Malaysia 66
Switzerland 59
Türkiye 49
Israel 45
Australia 44
Greece 42
Poland 40
Indonesia 38
Nepal 37
Ireland 33

Showing the top 40 of 106 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.