What is Egyptian goose?
{{speciesbox | name = Egyptian goose | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{IUCN|id=22679993 |title=''Alopochen aegyptiaca'' |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}}</ref> | image = Alopochen-aegyptiacus.jpg | image_caption = [[File:Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus), Masai Mara (022A-WA03044X0032-0001M0).oga|thumb|center| Calls recorded in 1974 in the [[Masai Mara Game Reserve]], Kenya]] [[File:Egyptian Goose (Alopochen aegyptiacus) Germany.ogg|thumb|center|Calls, recorded in 2020 in [[Rhineland-Palatinate]], Germany]]| genus = Alopochen | species = aegyptiaca | authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1766) | range_map = Alopochen aegyptiaca map.svg | range_map_caption = Native range of ''A. aegyptiaca'' | synonyms = ''Anas aegyptiaca'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1766}} }} [[File:Alopochen aegyptiacus MHNT.ZOO.2010.11.13.2.jpg|thumb| ''Alopochen aegyptiacus'']] The '''Egyptian goose''' (''Alopochen aegyptiacus'') is a member of the [[duck]], [[goose]], and [[swan]] [[family (biology)|family]], [[Anatidae]]. It lives in Africa, south of the [[Sahara]] and the [[Nile River]] Valley. Egyptian geese were thought to be [[sacred]] by the people in [[Ancient Egypt]]. They appeared in much of their artwork. They have been raised for food and bred in parts of Africa since they were [[domesticated]] by the ancient Egyptians. Because of their popularity as an ornamental bird, they often escape. Small [[Feral animal|feral]] populations have become established in [[Western Europe]].<ref name=Dohner2001>{{cite book |title=The Encyclopedia of Historic and Endangered Livestock and Poultry Breeds |last=Dohner |first=Janet V. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WJCTL_mC5w4C |year=2001 |isbn=0-300-13813-X |publisher=Yale University Press}}</ref><ref name=Braun>{{cite journal |url=http://www.fosbirds.org/sites/default/files/FFNs/FFNv32n4p138-143Braun.pdf |journal=Florida Field Naturalist |volume=32 |issue=4 |pages=1