List of goose breeds


This is a list of breeds of domestic goose; species with semi-domestic populations are included. Geese are bred mainly for their meat, which is particularly popular in Germanic languages countries around Christmas. Of lesser commercial importance is goose breeding for eggs, schmaltz, or for the fattened liver. A few specialized breeds have been created for the main purpose of weed control, or as guard animals and for goose fights.
Goose breeds are usually grouped into three weight classes: heavy, medium and light. Most domestic geese are descended from the greylag goose. The Chinese and African Geese are the domestic breeds of the swan goose ; they can be recognized by their prominent bill knob.
Some breeds, like the Obroshin Goose and Steinbach Fighting Goose, originated in hybrids between these species. In addition, two goose species are kept as domestic animals in some locations, but are not completely domesticated yet and no distinct breeds have been developed.

Breeds

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Breeds derived from the greylag goose

  • Adler goose
  • Alsatian goose
  • American buff goose
  • Amorstream goose
  • Anhui goose
  • Aonghus goose
  • Arzamas goose
  • Austrian landrace
  • Balien Eu goose
  • Bavarian landrace
  • Benkov goose
  • Bilgorey goose
  • Bogdanovski goose
  • Bourbon goose
  • Brecon buff goose
  • Buff back goose
  • Celle goose
  • Cotton Patch goose
  • Curly breasted Sebastopol goose
  • Czech goose
  • Czech crested goose
  • Danish landrace goose
  • Daoxian goose
  • Diepholz goose
  • Drava goose
  • Emden goose
  • Emporda goose
  • English saddleback goose
  • Euskal Antzara goose
  • Faroese goose
  • Fighting goose
  • Flemish goose
  • Franconian goose
  • Garbonosa goose
  • German laying goose
  • Gorki goose
  • Gorkowska goose
  • Greyback goose
  • Han Tah Pra goose
  • Hawaiian goose
  • Hungarian goose
  • Hwo goose
  • Javakhetian goose
  • Kaluga goose
  • Kangan goose
  • Kars goose
  • Kartuzy landrace
  • Kholmogory goose
  • Kielce landrace
  • Koean goose
  • Krasnozerskoye goose
  • Kuban goose
  • Landes goose
  • Large grey goose
  • Leine goose
  • Lingzian goose
  • Likewu goose
  • Lionhead goose
  • Lippe goose
  • Local geese of Karal and Massakory
  • Local goose of Mandelia
  • Lubelska goose
  • Mongolian local geese
  • Normandy goose
  • Norwegian white goose
  • Nungan Mieu goose
  • Obroshino goose
  • Öland goose
  • Padans goose
  • Pereyaslav goose
  • Philippine domestic goose
  • Pilgrim goose
  • Pink-footed goose
  • Podkarpacka goose
  • Poitou goose
  • Polish oat goose
  • Pomeranian goose
  • Pskov bald goose
  • Qingyang goose
  • Rhenish goose
  • Rhineland laying goose
  • Romanic goose
  • Roman goose
  • Romny goose
  • Russian goose
  • Rypinska goose
  • Rung goose
  • Scania goose
  • Sebastopol goose
  • Shadrinsk goose
  • Shetland goose
  • Slovak white goose
  • Smålen goose
  • Solnechnogorsk goose
  • Steinbacher goose
  • Subcarpathian goose
  • Suwalska goose
  • Suchovy goose
  • Synthetic Ukrainian goose
  • Tame goose
  • Toulouse goose
  • Touraine goose
  • Tufted Roman goose
  • Tula goose
  • Turkish goose
  • Twente goose
  • Ural goose or Shadrin goose
  • Venetian goose
  • Vištinės goose
  • Vladimir clay goose
  • West of England goose
  • Whet goose
  • White Hungarian goose
  • White Italian goose
  • White Norman goose
  • Zatory landrace

    Breeds derived from the swan goose

  • African goose
  • Changle goose
  • Chinese goose
  • Co goose
  • Huoyan goose
  • Shitou goose
  • Sichuan white goose
  • Taihu goose
  • Wanxi white goose
  • Wugang goose
  • Wulong goose
  • Wuzhong goose
  • Xupu goose
  • Yanguiang goose
  • Yan goose
  • Yili goose
  • Yong Kang grey goose
  • Zhedong goose
  • Zhejiang white goose
  • Zie goose

    Auto-sexing goose

The plumage of male and female goose is usually the same. However, there are few auto-sexing goose, which are sexually dimorphic and the sex can be identified by the first look by plumage. In general, ganders are white and females are either entirely gray, or pied gray and white.