Pink-footed Goose
Anser brachyrhynchus
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The pink-footed goose 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". Anser is the Latin for "goose", and brachyrhynchus comes from the ancient Greek brachus, meaning "short", and rhunchos, meaning "bill".
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- Genus
- Anser