Talk:Egyptian goose

message: There is no good description of the bird in the article. The pictures also don't show the distinctive round brown dot on the bird's breast. In Afrikaans the bird is called a "Kolgans" which means "dot-goose" after this feature. Oom Kosie (talk) 17:45, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
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message: Does it quack or honk or what?  Readers of this article want to know. Chrisrus (talk) 05:20, 19 February 2010 (UTC)
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message: Three Egyptian Geese came to our inland lake in Boca Raton, Florida. Could not find them in any of my bird books until I looked in "The Sibley Field Guide to Birds" on page 61 at the bottom left corner. Then I looked on the web and found plenty of references to the species under its name along with its Latin name: Alopochen aegyptiacus. They are wide spread in Kenya, the Nile in Egypt (hence the name) and Africa. Also Eastern Anglia (UK) and in Germany, where evidently they are sometimes considered pests. However, they are beautiful birds, curious, and ate some seed I put out. They finally walked away with "dignity." because the Muscovy Ducks I feed who are territorial about the seeds made them unwelcome. I too helped cause them to leave when I tried to photograph them. PS: I just looked out and they are back  and having a staring contest with the Muscovies. They are back after a half hour and are eating peacefully with the Muscovies.
So far, I have not heard a single sound honk, quack or hiss from them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.109.1.212 (talk) 14:41, 25 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Egyptian Geese spotted in South Florida 

message: Could someone give me the correct binomial please, with proper citation? This article has Anser aegyptiacus, which appears to be common nowadays, but Anser aegyptiaca seems to have about equal support in such literature as I have found online. In fact "Anas aegyptiaca Linnaeus is the type of Alopochen" in  suggests that the latter is correct. However, I do not know where to find the definitive authority, and I would like this article to have proper support, preferably mentioned explicitly in such a case. Anyone? JonRichfield (talk) 16:14, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Birders have been using Alopochen aegyptiaca since at least 2009. Lars Svensson, Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom. Collins Bird Guide. 2nd Edition, Collins, 2009, page 22. Chiswick Chap (talk) 17:42, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: On Wikipedia we standardise to the IOC world list. It looks as if there has ben a gender correction recently, as with Common House Martin.Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 17:52, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: See also Taxonomic recommendations for British birds Jimfbleak -  talk to me? 17:58, 25 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title: Correct binomial please?

message: I have seen photographs on Flickr showing an Egyptian Goose in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA on January 1, 2020.  The images are designated "All Rights Reserved," but are marked publicly viewable.  Here is the link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/sunsades/49318843051.  I don't know enough about the animal to know if this merits mention on the page or if these photos would count as evidence but I wanted the people who DO know to hear about this in case it's worth changing the page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Preserved killick (talk • contribs) 17:44, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: I don't see why that would be worth adding to the article? Egyptian geese show up all over the world, from New Zealand to the US. It becomes a little more interesting if they establish invasive breeding populations, but that does not seem to be the case here. One would require somewhat more authoritative sources than personal photos for that in any case. --Elmidae (talk · contribs) 17:57, 3 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Egyptian Goose photographed in Hagerstown, Maryland, USA