Pink-footed goose
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q209419
Library of congress:
sh2004006972
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Mitchell, C. Pink-footed goose : Anser brachyrhynchus (Greenland/Iceland population) in Britain ... 2004.
- AOU website, 13 Aug. 2004:
- The Howard and Moore complete checklist of the birds of the world, c2003:
- Monroe, B. L. A world checklist of birds, c1993:
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Wikipedia description:
The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot" (plural "pinkfeet"). Anser is the Latin for "goose", and brachyrhynchus comes from the ancient Greek brachus "short" and rhunchos "bill".
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