>> GENERAL >>>>>
– medium-sized goose, considerably smaller than Greylag Goose
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates in small to medium flocks in formation, often mixed with other geese
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
BIF0237, 05/11/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
BIF0238, 05/11/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
BIF0239, 05/11/2014, North Sea, offshore, Germany, Mathias Putze
Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus
Northern Pintail Anas acuta
Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
BIF1066, 11/11/2016, North Sea, Germany, Roland Neumann
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– a variety of different calls in flight and during migration
– all calls are highly variable, different transitional forms exist
– (gradual) differences between sexes and age classes likely
– two common call groups during migration: honks and squeals
– honks and squeals with regular disharmonic partials
– the modulation of honks is very variable
– honks and squeals uttered singly or as doublets like in Bean Goose
– short calls (chuckle) when irritated or disturbed (observers)
– chuckles uttered singly or in series
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Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchos, AD, calls in flight (honk)
BIF3030, 30/01/2022, Caerlaverock, Scotland, Patrick Franke
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Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchos, AD, calls in flight (honk, squeal, chuckle)
BIF3065, 30/01/2022, Caerlaverock, Scotland, Patrick Franke
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Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchos, AD, calls in flight (honk, squeal)
European Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria altifrons, AD
BIF0532, 02/07/2015, Möðrudalur, Iceland, Patrick Franke
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Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchos, AD, calls in flight (honk, squeal)
BIF0533, 02/07/2015, Möðrudalur, Iceland, Patrick Franke
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Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchos, AD, calls in flight (squeal, honk)
BIF3048, 02/07/2015, Möðrudalur, Iceland, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Greylag Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Taiga Bean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
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