Scientific name Anserinae | Subfamily AnserinaeVigors, 1825 Phylum Chordata | |
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Lifespan Canada goose: 10 – 24 years Clutch size Canada goose: 2 – 9, Whooper swan: 4 – 7, Swan goose: 5 – 6, Black swan: 4 – 8 Mass Canada goose: 3.2 – 6.5 kg, Mute swan: 11 – 12 kg, Whooper swan: 9.8 – 11 kg, Black swan: 3.7 – 9 kg Wingspan Canada goose: 1.3 – 1.8 m, Mute swan: 2 – 2.4 m Lower classifications Greylag goose, Anser, Goose, Swan, Canada goose | ||
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The Anserinae are a subfamily in the waterfowl family Anatidae. It includes the swans and true geese. Under alternative systematical concepts (see e.g., Terres & NAS, 1991), it is split into two subfamilies, the Anserinae contain the geese and the ducks, while the Cygninae contain the swans.
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Systematics
Swans – tribe Cygnini
True geese – tribe Anserini
Unresolved
These two genera are distinct from other geese and often elevated to a subfamily of their own (Cereopsinae), or alternatively into the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae:
Tribe Cereopsini
Some enigmatic subfossils of very large goose-like birds from the Hawaiian Islands do not appear to be moa-nalos (goose-sized dabbling ducks). They cannot be assigned to any genus living today, though most, if not all, may be fairly close to Branta:
