A photo of a Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus)
Pink-footed Goose

Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. 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". It is a medium-sized goose and it has a short bill, bright pink in the middle with a black base and tip, and pink feet. The body is mid-grey-brown, the head and neck are richer, darker brown, the rump and vent are white, and the tail is grey with a broad white tip. The upper wing-coverts are of a somewhat similar pale bluish-grey as in the greylag goose, and the flight feathers blackish-grey. The species is most closely related to the bean goose Anser fabalis (having even been treated as a subspecies of it at times in the past), sharing a similar black-and-coloured pattern bill, but differing in having pink on the bill and legs where the bean goose is orange, and in the paler, greyer plumage tones. It is similar in size to the small rossicus subspecies of bean goose, but distinctly smaller than the nominate subspecies fabalis. It produces a medley of high-pitched honking calls, being particularly vocal in flight, with large skeins being almost deafening.
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A photo of a Pink-footed Goose photographed in  Germany
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Alexander Rex
Thursday 23 Mar 2023 - 6:52pm
Germany
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ERIC BROWN
Thursday 23 Mar 2023 - 1:46pm
United Kingdom
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Nigel Lucas
Wednesday 22 Mar 2023 - 11:09am
United Kingdom
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Tyler Mason
Tuesday 21 Mar 2023 - 11:49am
United Kingdom
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