Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus(Latham, J, 1790)
English (US) Bar-headed Goose
The Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) 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 alpine lakes in central Asia; winters to India and MyanmarRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Anser indicus
- Order
- Anseriformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Bar-headed Goose
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Anas indica
- Described by
- (Latham, J, 1790)
- Type locality
- India in winter, and Tibet.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 2 p.839
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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