page_title: List of goose breeds
section_title: Breeds
hierarchical_section_title: List of goose breeds / Breeds
caption_attribution_description: English: Swan "Chinese" Goose (Anser cygnoides), Cibolo Canal, Boerne, Texas
context_page_description: This list contains breeds and landraces of domestic geese as well as species with semi-domestic populations. 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.
context_section_description: Adler Goose (Адлерская)
  African Goose
  Alsatian Goose (Oie d'Alsace)
  American Buff Goose
  Amorstream Goose
  Anhui Goose
  Aonghus Goose
  Arzamas Goose (Арзамасская)
  Austrian Landrace (Österreichische landgans)
  Balien Eu Goose
  Bavarian Landrace (Bayerische Landgans)
  Benkov Goose (Бяла Бенковска гъска)
  Bilgorey Goose
  Bogdanovski Goose (= Javakhetian Goose)
  Bourbon Goose (Oie du Bourbonnais, Blanche de Bourbonnais)
  Brecon Buff Goose
  Buff Back Goose
  Celle Goose (Celler Gans)
  Changle Goose
  Chinese Goose
  Co Goose
  Cotton Patch Goose
  Curly breasted Sebastopol Goose
  Czech Goose (Česká husa)
  Czech crested Goose (Česká chocholatá hus)
  Danish Landrace (Danske gæs: grå, gråbroget)
  Daoxian Goose
  Diepholz Goose (Diepholzer Gans)
  Drava Goose (Dravska guska)
  Emden Goose (Emdener Gans)
  Emporda Goose (Emporda-Gans)
  English Saddleback Goose (→Buff Back Goose)
  Euskal Antzara Goose
  Faroese Goose (Færøske gæs)
  Fighting Goose (= Steinbacher Goose)
  Flemish Goose (Oie flamande)
  Franconian Goose (Fränkische Landgans)
  Garbonosa Goose
  German Laying Goose (Deutsche Legegans)
  Gorki Goose (Горьковская or Линдовская)
  Gorkowska Goose
  Greyback Goose
  Han Tah Pra Goose
  Hungarian Goose
  Huoyan Goose
  Hwo Goose
  Javakhetian Goose
  Kaluga Goose
  Kangan Goose
  Kartuzy Landrace (Kartuska)
  Kholmogory Goose (Холмогорская)
  Kielce Landrace (Kielecka)
  Koean Goose
  Krasnozerskoye Goose (Краснозёрская, Krasnozy, Skoye)
  Kuban Goose (Кубанская)
  Landes Goose (Oie des Landes)
  Large Grey Goose
  Leine Goose (Leinegans)
  Lingzian Goose
  Likewu Goose
  Lionhead Goose
  Lippe Goose (Lippegans)
  Local Geese of Karal and Massakory
  Local Goose of Mandelia
  Lubelska Goose
  Mongolian Local Geese
  Normandy Goose (Oie normande; including Crested Normandy Goose)
  Norwegian White Goose (Norsk hvit gås)
  Nungan Mieu Goose
  Obroshino Goose (Оброшинська)
  Öland Goose (Ölandsgås)
  Padans Goose (Oca Padovana)
  Pereyaslav Goose (Переяславская)
  Philippine domestic Goose
  Pilgrim Goose
  Pink-footed Goose
  Podkarpacka Goose
  Poitou Goose (Oie du Poitou, Blanche de Poitou)
  Pomeranian Goose (including Pomeranian Saddleback)
  Pskov Bald Goose (Псковская)
  Qingyang Goose
  Rhenish Goose
  Rhineland Laying Goose (Rheinische Legegans, extinct breed)
  Romanic Goose (Romaanse gans)
  Roman Tufted Goose (Oca Italiano)
  Romny Goose
  Russian Goose
  Rypinska Goose
  Rung Goose
  Scania Goose (Skånegås)
  Sebastopol Goose (Lockengans)
  Shadrinsk Goose (→Ural Goose)
  Shetland Goose
  Shitou Goose
  Sichuan White Goose
  Skanegas
  Slovak White Goose (Slovenská hus)
  Smålen Goose (Smålensgås)
  Solnechnogorsk Goose
  Steinbacher Goose (Steinbacher Kampfgans)
  Subcarpathian Goose (Podkarpacka)
  Suwalska Goose (Suwałska)
  Suchovy Goose (Suchovská hus)
  Synthetic Ukrainian Goose
  Taihu Goose
  Tame Goose
  Toulouse Goose (including Light Toulouse)
  Touraine Goose (Oie de Touraine)
  Tufted Roman Goose (Oca Italiano)
  Tula Goose (Tульская бойцовая)
  Turkish Goose
  Twente Landrace (Twentse landgans)
  Ural Goose or Shadrin Goose (Уральская or Шадринская)
  Venetian Goose (Oca Pezzata Veneta)
  Vištinės Goose (Vištinės žąsys)
  Vladimir Clay Goose (Владимирская глинистая)
  Wanxi White Goose
  West of England Goose (including Crested Goose)
  Whet Goose
  White Hungarian Goose
  White Italian Goose (→Tufted Roman Goose)
  White Norman Goose
  Wugang Goose
  Wulong Goose
  Wuzhong Goose
  Xupu Goose
  Yanguiang Goose
  Yan Goose
  Yili Goose
  Yong Kang Grey Gosse
  Zatory Landrace (Zatorska)
  Zhedong Goose
  Zhejiang White Goose
  Zie Goose
caption: Head of a white Chinese Goose
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