Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) - HBW 1, p. 581
French: Oie des moissons
German: Saatgans
Spanish: Ansar Campestre
Taxonomy: Anas Fabalis Latham, 1787, Great Britain.
Forms superspecies with A. brachyrhynchus, which has been considered race of present species. Five subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- fabalis (Latham, 1787) - taiga from Scandinavia E to Ural Mts.
- johanseni Delacour, 1951 - taiga and wooded tundra from Ural Mts to L Baikal.
- middendorffii Severtsov, 1873 - taiga of E Siberia, E of L Baikal.
- fabalis (Latham, 1787) - taiga from Scandinavia E to Ural Mts.
- johanseni Delacour, 1951 - taiga and wooded tundra from Ural Mts to L Baikal.
- middendorffii Severtsov, 1873 - taiga of E Siberia, E of L Baikal.
- rossicus Buturlin, 1933 - tundra of N Russia and NW Siberia, from Kanin to Taymyr Peninsulas.
- serrirostris Swinhoe, 1871 - tundra of NE Siberia, from Lena Delta to Anadyrland.
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A bird feeding on the water. Locality Katano Kamoike Bird Sanctuary, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp serrirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 4.4 -
A bird feeding on the water and a close-up of its head. Locality Katano Kamoike Bird Sanctuary, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp serrirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 1 year ago 23 sec 4.3 -
A bird resting on the water. Locality Katano Kamoike Bird Sanctuary, Ishikawa Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp serrirostris)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2010 1 year ago 21 sec 4.1 -
Three birds, two feeding on grass and the other one looking to the camera. Locality Inbanuma Lake, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan (ssp middendorffii)
Josep del Hoyo 23 January 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4 -
Some birds in a field. Locality North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Javier Ortas 7 February 2010 1 year ago 32 sec 4 -
Some birds on the ground Locality North Brabant Province, Netherlands
Javier Ortas 7 February 2010 1 year ago 28 sec 4
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Head of a female Tundra bean goose
Locality Austria (ssp Tundra bean goose (anser fabalis rossicus))
Hannes Pfingstner 2 years ago 4.5 -
adult with juvenile female Goose
Locality Austria (ssp Taiga Bean Goose (anser fabalis fabalis))
Hannes Pfingstner 2 years ago 4 -
adult female goose
Locality Austria (ssp Taiga Bean Goose (anser fabalis fabalis))
Hannes Pfingstner 2 years ago 4 -
Couple with goslings
Locality Styria State, Austria
Hannes Pfingstner 6 July 2009 2 years ago 4 -
An adult bird.
Locality Bioparco Abruzzo Zoo, Castel di Sangro, Abruzzo Region, Italy
raniero massoli-novelli 11 November 2011 11 weeks ago 3.9 -
in a flock of two hundreds
Locality Kaprijke, East Flanders Province, Belgium (ssp rossicus)
Marco Valentini 10 December 2011 8 weeks ago 3.7
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