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The bar-headed goose is one of the world's highest-flying birds, [4] having been heard flying across Mount Makalu – the fifth highest mountain on earth at 8,481 m (27,825 ft) – and apparently seen over Mount Everest – 8,848 m (29,029 ft) – although this is a second-hand report with no verification. [5]
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.
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 geese Anser indicus have been recorded by GPS flying at up to 6,540 m (21,460 ft) ... [96] [97] Apart from physiological adaptations, ...
The bar-headed goose migrates to the Magadi wetlands. The Magadi tank is located in Magadi village of Shirhatti Taluk, Gadag District. From Gadag it is 26 km, it is located on Gadag-Bangalore Road, from Shirhatti it is 8 km, and from Lakshmeshwar 11 km. The sanctuary covers 134 acres of land and has catchment area of about 900 hectares. [2]
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, ganzen, ganzerik, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gás and gæslingr, whence English gosling.
Karaivetti Bird Sanctuary is home to migratory birds such as Bar-headed goose, Northern pintail, White Stork, Northern shoveler, Garganey, Blue-winged teal, Osprey and common sandpiper [7] [4] The sanctuary is a large irrigation tank located in the northern alluvial plains of the Kaveri river.
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)