Species Use Database

Greylag Goose
Anser anser

Used for Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic and Monetary in India

A. Species

Scientific name: Anser anser

Common name(s): Greylag Goose

Global IUCN Red List Threat Status: Least Concern


B. Location of use

Geographic location(s):

  • India

Country/Region:


C. Scale of assessment

Scale of assessment: Sub-national / Sub-region / Sub-State

Name/Details of location: Bengal, India


D. Timescale of use

Start Year: 1998

End Year: 2023


E. Information about the use

How is the wild species sourced?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Type of use: Extractive

Practice of use: Hunting and/or Trapping of live terrestrial and aerial animals

Lethal or non-lethal: Lethal

Does this use involve take/extraction of: Only parts or products of the organism

Purpose(s) of end use: Food and feed, Ceremony, religious, and ritual expression, Decorative and aesthetic and Monetary

Motivation of use: Basic subsistence, Income generation from trade (individual/household/community), Largescale commercial exploitation for trade and Traditional/Cultural/Spiritual

Is this use legal or illegal?: Illegal under national law


F. Information about the Users

Which stakeholder(s) does the record primarily focus on?: Local people, Non-local External and National / local government


G. Information about the sustainability of use

Is there evidence that the use is having an impact on the target species?: Wild species sourced from its natural habitat

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an ecological perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an economic perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a social perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Brief summary on why the use has been assessed/judged to be sustainable or unsustainable: While the record

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from a human health perspective been recorded?: not recorded

Has an assessment (or judgement) of sustainability of the use of the target species from an animal health/welfare perspective been recorded?: not recorded


Recommendations provided in the record to maintain or enhance the sustainability of the use of the target species

Ranger Patrols Intelligence Networks Community-based Resource Sharing and Conservation Leadership


Record source

Information about the record source: scientific_pub

Date of publication/issue/production: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+0000

Source Reference(s):

December 28th, 2023
Anirban Sinha, Prantik Hazra, Tarak Nath Khan

Date of record entry: 2024-06-26


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