name: Greylag Goose
flavor_db_name_variants: greylag goose
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Greylag goose
id: 368
name_scientific: Anser anser
description: "The greylag goose (also spelled graylag in the United States), Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser. The greylag is the largest and bulkiest of the grey geese of the genus Anser. It has a rotund, bulky body, a thick and long neck, and a large head and bill. It has pink legs and feet, and an orange or pink bill.[2] It is 74 to 91 cm (29 to 36 in) long with a wing length of 41.2 to 48 cm (16.2 to 18.9 in). It has a tail 6.2 to 6.9 cm (2.4 to 2.7 in), a bill of 6.4 to 6.9 cm (2.5 to 2.7 in) long, and a tarsus of 7.1 to 9.3 cm (2.8 to 3.7 in). It weighs 2.16 to 4.56 kg (4.8 to 10.1 lb), with a mean weight of around 3.3 kg (7.3 lb). The wingspan is 147 to 180 cm (58 to 71 in). Males are generally larger than females, with the sexual dimorphism more pronounced in the eastern subspecies rubirostris, which is larger than the nominate subspecies on average."
itis_id: 175028
wikipedia_id: Greylag_goose
picture_file_name: 373.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 146695
picture_updated_at: null
legacy_id: 400
food_group: Animal foods
food_subgroup: Poultry
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2018-01-18T03:18:03.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:23.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 8843
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00368