From Opus

Photo by Peter de Haas
Junam Korea

Anser erythropus

[edit] Identification

56–66 cm length and with a 116–135 cm wingspan

• Bright orange legs
• Greyish-brown upper wing-coverts
• Yellow eye-ring
• White facial blaze goes up to the fore-crown
• Small pink triangular bill
• Black markings on belly
• Wing tips extend beyond tail

[edit] Similar Species

Generally smaller than the Greater White-fronted Goose, though there can be some overlap. Belly markings are more obvious on Greater.

Photo by Kudryavtsev
Yamal, Siberia, July 2007

[edit] Distribution

Breeds in arctic Eurasia; winters to southern Europe, India and China
Accidental on Attu Island, Alaska (1 record).

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic

[edit] Habitat

Breeds in low-arctic open tundra or forest-tundra around mountain lakes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Vocalisation

Call is more high-pitched than Greater

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Collins Pocket Guide to British Birds 1966
3. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition
4. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728 6
5. Wikipedia

• List of references

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