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The bird is pale grey and is easily distinguished from any of the other grey geese of the genus Anser by the black bars on its head. It is also much paler than the other geese in this genus. In flight, its call is a typical goose honking. A mid-sized goose, it measures 71–76 cm (28–30 in) in total length and weighs 1.87–3.2 kg (4.1–7.1 lb).
Anser is a waterfowl genus that includes the grey geese and the white geese.It belongs to the true goose and swan subfamily of Anserinae under the family of Anatidae. [2] The genus has a Holarctic distribution, with at least one species breeding in any open, wet habitats in the subarctic and cool temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in summer.
†Anser eldaricus Burchak-Abramovich & Gadzyev 1978 †Anser pratensis (Short 1970) †Anser tchikoicus Kuročkin 1985 †Anser thompsoni Martin & Mengel 1980 †Anser thraceiensis Burchak-Abramovich & Nikolov 1984 †Anser udabnensis Burchak-Abramovich 1957; Subgenus Reichenbach 1852. Anser indicus (Latham 1790) (bar-headed goose) LC
The animal that flies highest most regularly is the bar-headed goose Anser indicus, which migrates directly over the Himalayas between its nesting grounds in Tibet and its winter quarters in India. They are sometimes seen flying well above the peak of Mount Everest at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft). [28] Airborne flying squirrel.
Alectis indicus, the Indian threadfish, a fish species; Amblyglyphidodon indicus, the pale damselfish, a dragonfly species; Anax indicus, a species of dragonfly; Ankistrodon indicus, an extinct species of archosauriform; Anser indicus, the bar-headed goose, a goose species which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes
Anser indicus (Latham, 1790) 17 Emperor goose: Anser canagicus (Sevastianov, 1802) 18 Ross's goose: Anser rossii Cassin, 1861: 19 Snow goose: Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) 20 Greylag goose: Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) 21 Swan goose: Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758) 22 Taiga bean goose: Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) 23 Pink-footed goose ...
The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is an iconic high-flyer that surmounts the Himalayas during migration, [73] and serves as a model system for derived physiological adaptations for high-altitude flight. Rüppell's vultures, whooper swans, alpine chough, and common cranes all have flown more than 8 km (26,000 ft) above sea level.
Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus; Greylag goose, Anser anser [9] Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons [9] [10] Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos; Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea [7] [8] Cotton pygmy goose, Nettapus coromandelianus; Garganey, Spatula querquedula; Northern shoveler, Spatula clypeata; Gadwall, Mareca strepera [1 ...