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Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl
Pink-footed Goose, photographed by Karl Pinnow

Photo: Karl Pinnow · Wikimedia · CC-BY 4.0 (licence)

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About the Pink-footed Goose

Relatively small and short-necked goose with contrasting dark brown head and neck, small black bill with pink band near tip, and pink legs. In flight shows extensively pale silvery upperwings. Breeds in Greenland, Iceland, and Spitsbergen; winters mainly in coastal lowlands with farmland and marshy grassland. In main areas, occurs in flocks of hundreds or even thousands; elsewhere, singles or family groups can be found among flocks of other geese. Rare but increasing winter visitor to northeastern North America, almost always with flocks of Canada Geese.

Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made

Where it has been recorded

Recorded in 39 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.

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