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.
- Least Concern
- No sound recordings available yet
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