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title: "Nijlgans"
description: "Alopochen aegyptiaca — Vogels. The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an African member of the Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/egyptian-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Nijlgans

> Alopochen aegyptiaca — Vogels. The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an African member of the Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans.

- Scientific name: *Alopochen aegyptiaca*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `zoo` (Dierentuin en huisdieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 91510
- Wikidata: [Q274179](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q274179)
- iNaturalist taxon: [72486](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/72486)

## Names

- en: Egyptian Goose
- de: Nilgans
- es: Ganso del Nilo
- fr: Ouette d'Egypte
- nl: Nijlgans
- pt: Ganso-do-egito
- pl: Gęsiówka egipska

## Countries with the most observations

US (21666), DE (15036), ZA (13563), GB (11309), NL (5131), ES (2745), PT (2719), BE (2412), KE (1604), FR (1496), LU (1425), CZ (1110)

## Summary

The Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) is an African member of the Anatidae family including ducks, geese, and swans. Because of its popularity chiefly as an ornamental bird, the species has also been introduced to Europe, the United States, and elsewhere outside its natural range. Egyptian geese were regularly represented in ancient Egyptian art.

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

## Photo

![Nijlgans](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/egyptian-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dave Brown · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196269488

## Machine access

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