Pink-footed Goose
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| Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834 |
The Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It winters in northwest Europe, especially Great Britain. Here large flocks graze on farmland, particularly in Norfolk, The Fens, Aberdeenshire, and Lancashire. The name is often abbreviated to Pinkfoot (plural Pinkfeet) or even Pink(s).
The Svalbard-population winters in Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark.
In 1951, Sir Peter Scott and his team made an expedition to Iceland to seek the breeding grounds of the Pink-footed Goose, which they were successful in discovering.
The Pink-footed Goose is closely related to the Bean Goose (Anser fabalis). The Pink-footed Goose has the bill short, bright pink in the middle, and the feet also pink, which is diagnostic.
The upper wing-coverts are nearly of the same bluish-grey as in the Greylag Goose.
The Pink-footed Goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) applies.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International (2004). Anser brachyrhynchus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- Lukash, Taylor. "Pink Feet for Life.")
