1 – Wild – Feral Domestic Goose

Order Anseriformes; Family Anatidae (ducks, geese and swans); Scientific name: Anser anser; Subspecies domesticus;

Common name: Domestic Goose – This is a wild, feral form of a formerly domesticated goose; This Domestic Goose has been selectively bread from the Greylag Goose; In the process of becoming secondarily wild, it is after several wild generations regaining is original Greylag Goose colours - Distribution in Australia: INTRODUCED SPECIES – present on lakes in and around cities in eastern and western Australia – Distribution outside Australia: Domestic Geese are kept and bread on all continents except Antarctica; it became secondarily wild and feral in many places around the globe.