Chinese goose

Chinese
Conservation status
Country of originChina
DistributionWestern countries
Traits
Weight
  • Male:
    4.5–5.4 kg[4]: 361 
  • Female:
    3.6–4.5 kg[4]: 361 
Classification
APAyes[5]: 20 
EEyes[6]
PCGBgeese: light[7][8]
A family consisting of six individuals. Four goslings, a male (left), and a female (right). found at Staglands Wildlife Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand
Two white examples in Kyoto, Japan
Four individuals near the Marne river in Île-de-France

The Chinese is an international breed of domestic goose, known by this name in Europe and in North America. Unlike the majority of goose breeds, it belongs to the knob geese, which derive from Anser cygnoides and are characterised by a prominent basal knob on the upper side of the bill. It originates in China, where there are more than twenty different breeds of knob goose.[9]: 4 

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