Bar-headed Goose
Anser indicus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 3,247
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇳 India
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest. It is known for the extreme altitudes it reaches when migrating across the Himalayas.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bar-headed goose”.