Pink-footed goose: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

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

Scientific name	Anser brachyrhynchus
Group	Ducks, geese & swans
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	18 countries
Continents	Europe, North America
Mass	2.88 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.13 kg (female organism, adult weight); 120 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Anseriformes
Family	Anatidae

Where does the pink-footed goose live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pink-footed goose in 18 countries and territories across Europe and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Spain, France, United Kingdom, Netherlands it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

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 pink-footed goose?

Wikidata records the following for the pink-footed goose: mass 2.88 kg (male organism, adult weight); 2.13 kg (female organism, adult weight); 120 g (birth weight).

Is the pink-footed goose endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the pink-footed goose?

The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a bird in the order Anseriformes and the family Anatidae, genus Anser. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pink-footed goose

The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) 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" (plural "pinkfeet"). Anser is the Latin for "goose", and brachyrhynchus comes from the ancient Greek brachus, meaning "short", and rhunchos, meaning "bill".

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pink-footed goose (revision 1357275825), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q209419 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).