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Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) German name(s): "Kurzschnabelgans" Size: 60-75 cm; wing span 1.35-1.7 m Weight: 1.8-3.4 kg

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Physical description Click here for a physical description Pink-footed Geese are medium-sized geese with a long neck. They have a dark-grey head, the colour of which gradually changes down the neck to cinnamon to finely barred pale grey-brown down the front, with dark barring down the flanks. That barring is darker than the frosty grey-blue hue of the back, rump and the edges of the wing coverts, which are otherwise grey-brown. The flight feathers are grey-blue with dark-grey outer halves. The tail shows a pattern of white (at the base), grey and again white (terminal band). The vent and undertail coverts are also white. They have a rather short, nearly triangular, pink bill with a grey base and a dark-grey nail. As their name already suggests, the legs and feet are pink.

Taxonomy, classification See Pink-footed Goose at Wikipedia .

Range, habitat, finding this species Click here for information on habitat and range The overall distribution of this species can be assessed, and specific locations where birds have been spotted can be found, based on individual sighting reports submitted by birdwatchers to ebird.org . The global distribution of the Pink-footed Goose is available HERE . Pink-footed Geese are a migratory species. Their breeding grounds are on Svalbard, Iceland and eastern Greenland. They overwinter in western to north-western Europe. In Europe Pink-footed Geese breed only on Svalbard. Their normal winter range extends from the Danish coastline to parts of England and Scotland and southward to the Benelux coastline. Some individuals travel farther southwards in winter, to the Azores and Canary Islands. Pink-footed Geese breed on Arctic tundra and mountainsides, including rocky slopes. During the winter they stay mainly in coastal grassland areas.

Sightings Click here for sighting information J. Pires reports spotting Pink-footed Geese on Terceira Island, Azores, in November 2018. All sighting and photographic information presented on this page has kindly been contributed by J. Pires.

Photos

ADULT

Sex unknown

Near-lateral view of two Pink-footed Geese in flight, with a Barnacle Goose on the right (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Near-lateral view of two Pink-footed Geese banking to land; note the prominently visible pink legs and feet
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Lateral view of a Pink-footed Goose in flight, bottom left, with a Barnacle Goose (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Near-dorsal view of two Pink-footed Geese in flight (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

Dorsal view of two Pink-footed Geese in flight, centre and right, with a Barnacle Goose (photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Terceira Island, Azores, November 2018]

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