Greylag geese, which mate in long-term monogamous relationships, have better success hatching chicks if their personalities are a good match, according to a new paper in the journal Animal Behavior.

Konrad Lorenz was a famous Austrian biologist who spent much of his career studying the behavior of local Greylag Geese. Famously, his students presented him with a plaque that had 30 goose faces ...

“We initially mistook it to be Greylag Goose,” he says ... facial feathers around the base of the pinkish-yellow bill. The juvenile looks similar but lacks the white facial feathering and ...

The program tested each goose face with lifesize 2D images of members of the Greylag Goose flock, originally started by the founding father of animal behaviour, Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz in ...

Personality traits in geese linked to love match and reproductive success Date: September 21, 2024 Source: Flinders University Summary: Birds of a feather flock together but strong pairing in ...

Birds of a feather flock together but strong pairing in geese has been shown to produce better breeding results, according to a new study. Focusing on a group of captive greylag geese, bird ...

Given this backdrop, the recent sighting of two greylag geese in the waters of the Adyar esturay cannot be dismissed out of hand as a case of vagrancy. On November 15, ornithologist ...

Consequently, feral Greylag Geese don’t migrate and can be seen in Ireland throughout the summer. The number of Irish-breeding or feral Greylag Geese in Ireland in recent years is around 4,000.

The program tested each goose face with lifesize 2D images of members of the Greylag Goose flock, originally started by the founding father of animal behaviour, Austrian scientist Konrad Lorenz in ...