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Bar-headed Goose

Anser indicus

2,106Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
63Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan183
Feb105
Mar120
Apr197
May222
Jun241
Jul222
Aug247
Sep200
Oct139
Nov120
Dec107

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Suffolk England199
2Gloucestershire England135
3Lincolnshire England93
4Cornwall England92
5Cumbria England83
6Devon England57
7Norfolk England54
8Dorset England52
9Somerset England51
10Cambridgeshire England46
11North Yorkshire England32
12Kent England23
13Shetland Islands —22
14Oxfordshire England14
15Halton England14
2,009 England81 Scotland9 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 63 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
2,106
Peak month
August
Counties with records
63
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anser indicus
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
1,860
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Anser
Name with authority
Anser indicus (Latham, 1790)
Described
1790
Contributing datasets
12

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q191125 · GBIF 2498035