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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.
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
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.
Nearly 150,000 were known to winter in Hungary between 1908 and 1911. [2] It had a distinctive double-note “Gé-gé” call, and differed in the size of its bill and its colouration. The feet were pink and the mid portion of the bill was fleshy or rosy, unlike orange in bean geese. The sizes were closer to Anser fabalis rossicus.
The greylag goose or graylag goose (Anser anser) is a species of large goose in the waterfowl family Anatidae and the type species of the genus Anser. It has mottled and barred grey and white plumage and an orange beak and pink legs.
†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 swan goose is large and long-necked for its genus, wild birds being 81–94 cm (32–37 in) long (the longest Anser goose) and weighing 2.8–3.5 kg (6.2–7.7 lb) or more (the second-heaviest Anser, after the greylag goose A. anser). The sexes are similar, although the male is larger, with a proportionally longer bill and neck; in fact the ...