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During the year the bird population and diversity of what can be seen here will vary greatly, but species regularly seen here include little ringed plover, oystercatcher, golden plover, knot, bar-tailed godwit, sanderling, curlew, spotted redshank, pink-footed geese and peregrine falcon. Snettisham pits were dug out during World War II in order ...
The pink feet which give it its name. 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 ...
Articles relating to Geese, birds of any of several waterfowl species in the family Anatidae. This group comprises the genera Anser (grey geese and white geese) and Branta (black geese). Some members of the Tadorninae subfamily (e.g., Egyptian goose, Orinoco goose) are commonly called geese, but are not considered "true geese" taxonomically.
Greylag goose: Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) 21 Swan goose: Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758) 22 Taiga bean goose: Anser fabalis (Latham, 1787) 23 Pink-footed goose: Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834: 24 Tundra bean goose: Anser serrirostris Gould, 1852: 25 Greater white-fronted goose: Anser albifrons (Scopoli, 1769) 26 Lesser white-fronted goose
Bar-headed goose, Anser indicus (A) Snow goose, Anser caerulescens (A) Ross's goose, Anser rossii (A) Graylag goose, Anser anser; Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons; Taiga bean-goose, Anser fabalis (A) Tundra bean-goose, Anser serrirostris (A) Pink-footed goose, Anser brachyrhynchus; Brant, Branta bernicla; Barnacle goose, Branta ...
As many as 50,000 pink-footed geese, 13,000 Eurasian wigeon and 7,000 Brent geese winter at Holkham, making it of international importance for these species. [5] Up to 400 white-fronted geese and a few tundra bean geese may join the wildfowl flocks, and the odd peregrine falcon , short-eared owl , merlin , marsh harrier or hen harrier may hunt ...
A. a. sponsa Banks 2011 (Pacific white-fronted goose) Anser fabalis (Latham 1787) (Taiga bean goose) LC. A. f. fabalis (Latham 1787) (western taiga bean Goose) A. f. johanseni Delacour 1951 (West Siberian taiga bean goose) Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon 1834 (pink-footed goose) LC; Anser middendorffii Severtsov 1873 (East Siberian taiga bean goose)
Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans. Most modern species in the ...