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The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest.
Anser indicus (Latham 1790) (bar-headed goose) LC; Subgenus Boie 1822 †Anser pressa (Wetmore 1933) Brodkorb 1964 (Dwarf Snow goose) Anser canagicus (Sevastianov 1802) (emperor goose) NT; Anser rossii Cassin 1861 (Ross's goose) LC; Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus 1758) (snow goose) LC. A. c. atlantica Kennard 1927 (greater snow goose)
Bar-headed goose: 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 ...
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.
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.
Bar-headed goose Male sandgrouse. Around 1600 bar-headed geese (Anser indicus) have been recorded from this site. According to Wetlands International (2002), 1% threshold of this species is 560. Hence, about 3% of the global population of bar-headed geese are found at this site.
Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus; Graylag goose, Anser anser; Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons (A) Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis (A) Tundra swan, Cygnus columbianus (A) Whooper swan, Cygnus cygnus (A) Knob-billed duck, Sarkidiornis melanotos; Ruddy shelduck, Tadorna ferruginea; Common shelduck, Tadorna tadorna
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 ...