Ducks, Geese and Swans (Anatidae)
Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) - HBW 1, p. 581
French: Oie à bec court
German: Kurzschnabelgans
Spanish: Ansar Piquicorto
Other common names: Pink-footed Bean Goose
Taxonomy: Anser Brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834, Abbeville, lower Somme River, France.
Sometimes considered race of A. fabalis, with which forms superspecies. Monotypic.
Distribution: E Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard (Spitzbergen).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
-
A group of birds resting and foraging Locality Oudega, Netherlands (Monotypic species)
Peter van Dam 16 November 2007 5 years ago 26 sec 4.6 -
Head's details Locality Årnestangen, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 14 May 2011 2 years ago 18 sec 4.5 -
An adult feeding on the ground Locality Oudenburg, West Flanders Province, Belgium (Monotypic species)
Leo Janssen 10 March 2000 9 years ago 16 sec 4.4 -
A distant view of a bird Locality Fornebu, Bærum, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 30 May 2013 4 days ago ADDED LAST WEEK 24 sec 3.8 -
A large flock foraging in a field Locality Holkham, Norfolk, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 10 January 2004 5 years ago 33 sec 3.8 -
A big flock Locality Uitkerke, West Flanders Province, Belgium
Pascal Vagner 11 December 2011 1 year ago 44 sec 3.7
-
In a flock of 400 feeding on a field
Locality Eeklo, East Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 10 December 2011 1 year ago 4.3 -
Adult breeding
Locality Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 6 July 2011 33 weeks ago 4.2 -
feeding on the ground part of a flock of 300
Locality Kaprijke, East Flanders Province, Belgium
Marco Valentini 10 December 2011 1 year ago 3.9 -
A late wintering bird (on the right) accompanied by a Greylag Goose
Locality Mellon Udrigle, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Luis Mario Arce 28 May 2013 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.8 -
Adult bird neck and head.
Locality Beale Wildlife Park and Gardens, Berkshire, England, Great Britain (Monotypic species)
Tomasz Doroń 21 May 2011 2 years ago 3.5 -
Single pink-footed goose of Svalbard population migrating through Shetland
Locality Shetland Islands, Scotland, Great Britain
jimandlynn4 30 November 2011 1 year ago 3
-
Calls of an excited bird Locality London, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 7 February 2010 3 years ago 3 -
A single bird in flight over a salt marsh Locality Terrington Marsh, Norfolk, England, Great Britain
(Monotypic species)
Stuart Fisher 15 December 2005 3 years ago 2.5 -
Click to play
Birds on migration, flying high Locality Oslo Fjord, Oslo & Akershus, Norway
(Monotypic species)
Eric Roualet 20 April 2010 15 weeks ago 0
Email this page