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| Bar-headed goose, ©BFS Man, via Flickr Creative Commons. |
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| Bar-headed goose sketch. |
Wednesday 24 April 2013
17. Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
It's the last of the geese today, and what a handsome goose the bar-headed goose is. Not native to the UK, most individuals spotted here are usual escapees from collections.
The bar-headed goose is famous for its extreme migration habits - it flies over the Himalaya and is thus believed to make the highest-altitude migration of any animal. It is able to do this thanks to its specially-adapted physiology.
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