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The pink-footed goose (*Anser brachyrhynchus*) is a species of bird in the family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. Its scientific name was established by Baillon in 1834, and the taxon is currently accepted. The species is also referred to by the common names Heiðagæs, Kurzschnabelgans, and Ánsar piquicorto.
This goose has a wingspan of 152 and a mass of 120. Its habitat is marine, and its range includes Africa. The average litter size is 3.9, with an egg incubation period of 26. The maximum longevity recorded in the wild is 39.8 years. The IUCN conservation status for the species is Least Concern, as assessed in 2025.
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Species
Least Concernpink-footed goose
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderAnseriformes
- FamilyAnatidae
Maximum longevity: 39.8 years (wild)
via IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Anser
- Mass
- 120
- Image
- 2019-03-25 Anser brachyrhynchus, Killingworth Lake, Northumberland 1.jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Anser brachyrhynchus
- taxon name
- Anser brachyrhynchus
- Commons gallery
- Anser brachyrhynchus
- wingspan
- 152
- litter size
- 3.9
- egg incubation period
- 26
- sequenced genome URL
- www.ensembl.org/Anser_brachyrhynchus
- short name
- A. brachyrhynchus
- taxon common name
- gansu picucurtiu
- taxon range
- Africa
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Encyclopedic overview
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".
Description
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “pink-footed goose” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.