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title: "Hoendergans"
description: "Cereopsis novaehollandiae — Vogels. The Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), sometimes also known as the pig goose, is a species of goose endemic to southern Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/cape-barren-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Hoendergans

> Cereopsis novaehollandiae — Vogels. The Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), sometimes also known as the pig goose, is a species of goose endemic to southern Australia.

- Scientific name: *Cereopsis novaehollandiae*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 4579
- Wikidata: [Q257006](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q257006)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7150](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7150)

## Names

- en: Cape Barren Goose
- de: Hühnergans
- es: Ganso cenizo
- fr: Céréopse cendré
- nl: Hoendergans
- pt: Ganso-cinzento
- pl: Kapodziób

## Countries with the most observations

AU (3779), NZ (178), AE (6), GR (3)

## Summary

The Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae), sometimes also known as the pig goose, is a species of goose endemic to southern Australia. It is a distinctive large, grey bird that is mostly terrestrial and is not closely related to other extant members of the subfamily Anserinae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Barren_goose

## Photo

![Hoendergans](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/cape-barren-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Fi · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/221473274

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/cape-barren-goose?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).