Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchusBaillon, LAF, 1834
English (US) Pink-footed Goose
The Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Anatidae (Ducks, Swans, and Geese) in the order Anseriformes.
Range: breeds Greenland, Iceland, and Spitsbergen; winters northwestern EuropeRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anser brachyrhynchus
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pink-footed Goose
- Described by
- Baillon, LAF, 1834
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anser Brachyrhynchus
- Described by
- Baillon, LAF, 1834
- Type locality
- Abbeville, lower Somme River, France.
- Original description
- Mémoires de la Société Royale d'Émulation d'Abbeville (1833) p.74
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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