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What the Pink-footed Goose sounds like
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It is a medium-sized goose, 60–75 cm (24–30 in) long, the wingspan 135–170 cm (53–67 in), and weighing 1.8–3.4 kg (4.0–7.5 lb). It has a short bill, bright pink in the middle with a black base and tip, similar in pattern to tundra bean goose but pink where that species is orange, and pink feet. The body is mid-grey-brown, the head and neck a richer, darker brown, the rump and vent white, and the tail grey with a broad white tip. The upper wing-coverts are of a somewhat similar pale bluish-grey as in the greylag goose, and the flight feathers blackish-grey.
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When to see the Pink-footed Goose
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 9 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is April, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Pink-footed Goose
The map shades 31 countries with regular records, and 2 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Russia, St. Pierre & Miquelon.
About the Pink-footed Goose
The pink-footed goose is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot". Anser is the Latin for "goose", and brachyrhynchus comes from the ancient Greek brachus, meaning "short", and rhunchos, meaning "bill".
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Easily confused with
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiRoss's goose has a rounded head above a short neck.
Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisThe length ranges from 68 to 90 cm (27–35 in), wingspan from 140 to 174 cm (55–69 in) and weight from 1.7–4 kg (3.7–8.8 lb).
Taiga Bean GooseAnser fabalisThe length ranges from 68 to 90 cm (27–35 in), wingspan from 140 to 174 cm (55–69 in) and weight from 1.7–4 kg (3.7–8.8 lb).
Side by side: Greylag Goose vs Pink-footed Goose · Pink-footed Goose vs Snow Goose · Greater White-fronted Goose vs Pink-footed Goose · Pink-footed Goose vs Ross's Goose · Pink-footed Goose vs Tundra Bean Goose · Pink-footed Goose vs Taiga Bean Goose
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