Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 3,109
- Most observed in
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Conservation
- Least Concern
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, meaning "short", and rhunchos, meaning "bill".
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pink-footed goose”.