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Brief #
Body is mid-grey-brown, short bill, bright pink in the middle with a black base and tip, and pink feet
Description #
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 a richer, darker brown, the rump and vent white, and the tail 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.
Measurements #
Length: 60 - 76 cm
Wingspan: 1.35 - 1.6 m
Weight: 2.2 - 2.7 kg
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