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Bean Goose

(Anser fabalis), a bird of the order Anseriformes. It weighs up to4Wkg. The coloring of the back is brownish, while the underside is whitish-gray. The beak is black with a pink or yellow band. The feet are pink or yellow. The bean goose is found in eastern Greenland and in northern Europe and Asia. It inhabits the tundra, forest-tundra, and the shores of bodies of water in the taiga. It winters on the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Black Sea coasts of Europe and in Middle and Southeast Asia. In the north the bean goose was of great commercial importance, but its numbers have sharply decreased.

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It was also pointed out that as from January 18, 2018 there are two species of this goose, the Taiga and the Tundra Bean goose.

Bird conservation insight

Ultrastructural study of the keratinization of the dorsal epithelium of the tongue of Middendorff's Bean Goose, Anser fabalis middendorffii (Anseres, Antidae).

Estudio morfologico de la lengua de budgericar melopsittacus undulatus

Bean goose (Anser fabalis), Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus), and swan goose (Anser cygnoides) were dominant in Poyang Lake during this study.

Key words: Wintering water birds, Poyang Lake, bean goose, Tundra Swan, Swan goose.

Bean goose (Anser fabalis), Tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus), and swan goose (Anser cygnoides) were dominant in Poyang Lake, accounting for 18.40%, 13.29%, and 10.58% of total bird numbers respectively (Table II).

Abundance, Distribution and Diversity Variations of Wintering Water Birds in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China

Dilemma,I NEED Bean Goose for my Welsh List and it's a bird I have only seen a handful of times anywhere,The sun is shining and it is my day off.

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Brent Goose Svalbard B Tundra Bean Goose Russian Arctic W-C European

Brent Goose A A A Tundra Bean Goose A A A x European x White-fronted Goose B A Barnacle Goose A x x Dark-bellied Brent Goose A x x Lesser Snow Goose A A Black-bellied

Tropical volcano, high predation pressure, and the breeding biology of Arctic waterbirds: a circumpolar review of breeding failure in the summer of 1992

birds, Region Date n = 167 Anatidae Baikal teal (Anas 122 Donglim Jan 17-22 formosa) Reservoir 1 Jeonbuk Jan 21 5 Geumgang Jan 22, 27 River 20 Chungnam Jan 23 Bean goose (Anser 9 Donglim Jan 19-21 fabalis) Reservoir 1 Incheon Feb 1 1 Gyeonggi Mar 9 Mallard (Anas 1 Jeonnam Jan 27 platyrhychos) 1 Jeonnam Jan 29 White-fronted goose 1 Gyeonggi Jan 28 (Anser albifrons) Whooper swan (Cygnus 1 Jeonbuk Feb 6 cygnus) Other (not Anatidae) Coot (Fulica atra) 1 Donglim Jan 22 Reservoir Little grebe 2 Gyeonggi Feb 27 (Podicdeps ruficollis) Great egret (Egretta 1 Jeonbuk Mar 8 alba alba) Family/species No.

Pathologic changes in wild birds infected with highly pathogenic avian influenza A(H5N8) viruses, South Korea, 2014

Rarities include a Tundra Bean Goose at Martin Mere WWT and a Ring Billed Gull on Pensarn beach.

Watch weekend

Careful searching through the pinks revealed hidden treasure - bean goose, white-fronted goose and barnacle geese.

Travel: When East meets West; OCTOBER has to be one of the most exciting months to be a birdwatcher. So much to see, so many birds on the move