ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
THE SWANS, GEESE, DUCKS, AND MERGANSERS
Other Species of Geese
We have hardly space to mention in detail the remaining species of this genus beyond stating that the Bean Goose (A.fabalis), a bird about the size of the Gray-lag, having the base, tip, and edges of the bill black, with the middle portion orange, is found in the breeding season in northern Russia and Lapland and in winter throughout Europe and northern Africa.
It is usually abundant along the north coast of the British Islands in winter. Very similar is the Pink-footed Goose (A. brachyrhynchus), which differs in being smaller and having the legs, feet, and middle portion of the bill pink instead of orange.
It nests in Spitzbergen and probably Franz Joseph Land, migrating in winter to northern Europe, being especially abundant at that season off the British Islands.
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