Swan goose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Swan goose lives – recorded in 22 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anser cygnoides
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Endangered (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	22 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Mass	145 g (birth weight); 3.5 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.15 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the Swan goose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Swan goose in 22 countries and territories across Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Belgium, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Netherlands, Sweden it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

United States
China
Mongolia
Germany (introduced)
Chinese Taipei
Portugal
Belgium (introduced)
Japan
Spain (introduced)
France (introduced)
South Korea
Italy (introduced)
Serbia
United Kingdom (introduced)
Sweden (introduced)
Canada
Netherlands (introduced)
Brazil
Mexico
Austria
Czech Republic
Thailand

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a Swan goose?

Wikidata records the following for the Swan goose: mass 145 g (birth weight); 3.5 kg (male organism, adult weight); 3.15 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the Swan goose endangered?

The Swan goose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Endangered” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Swan goose?

The Swan goose (Anser cygnoides) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Anser. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Swan goose

The swan goose (Anser cygnoides) is a large goose with a natural breeding range in inland Mongolia, Northeast China, and the Russian Far East. It is migratory and winters mainly in central and eastern China. Vagrant birds are encountered in Japan and Korea (where it used to winter in numbers when it was more common), and more rarely in Kazakhstan, Laos, coastal Siberia, Taiwan, Thailand and Uzbekistan.

While uncommon in the wild, this species has been extensively domesticated, when it is known as Chinese goose. Introduced and feral populations of its domestic breeds occur in many places outside its natural range. The wild form is also kept in collections, and escapes are not unusual amongst feral flocks of other Anser and Branta geese.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Swan goose (revision 1380618096), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q31354 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).