Bar-headed goose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the bar-headed goose lives – recorded in 18 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Anser indicus
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Asia, Europe, North America
Mass	141 g (birth weight); 2.5 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.23 kg (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the bar-headed goose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the bar-headed goose in 18 countries and territories across Asia, Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Belgium, China, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Sweden it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

India
Sweden (introduced)
Germany (introduced)
Norway (introduced)
Belgium (introduced)
France (introduced)
China (introduced)
Mongolia (introduced)
United Kingdom (introduced)
Spain (introduced)
Netherlands (introduced)
Nepal (introduced)
United States
Austria
Chinese Taipei
Bhutan
Italy (introduced)
Switzerland

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a bar-headed goose?

Wikidata records the following for the bar-headed goose: mass 141 g (birth weight); 2.5 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.23 kg (female organism, adult weight).

Is the bar-headed goose endangered?

The bar-headed goose’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the bar-headed goose?

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Anser. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the bar-headed goose

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest. It is known for the extreme altitudes it reaches when migrating across the Himalayas.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Bar-headed goose (revision 1365685923), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q191125 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).