>> GENERAL >>>>>
– rather large goose, roughly size of Greylag Goose but slimmer
– diurnal migrant, probably nocturnal movements as well
– migrates in flocks in formation, often mixed with other Anser sp.
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
BIF1094, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
BIF1095, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
BIF1096, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
BIF1097, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
BIF1098, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
BIF1099, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser a. albifrons
BIF1100, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
Taiga Bean Goose Anser fabalis
Greater White-fronted Goose Anser a. albifrons
BIF1101, 15/01/2017, Rügen, Germany, Mathias Putze
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
calls in flight not yet sound recorded
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
Pink-footed Goose
Greylag Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Lesser White-fronted Goose
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