Bird name:

Bean Goose

Anser fabalis

Order

ANSERIFORMES

Family

Geese and Ducks (Anatidae)

Code 4

BEGO

Code 6

ANSFAB

ITIS

175024

Breeding Location:

Forests, coniferous, Tundra

Breeding Type:

Colonial

Breeding Population:

Rare to casual

Egg Color:

White

Number of Eggs:

4 - 5

Incubation Days:

27 - 29

Egg Incubator:

Female

Nest Material:

Grasses

Migration:

Migratory

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General

Bean Goose: Large goose with scaled brown upperparts and white underparts. Head and neck are dark brown. Bill is black with yellow-orange saddle. Tail is dark with white undertail coverts. Legs and feet are orange. Sexes are similar.

Range and Habitat

Bean Goose: Breeds in northern Eurasia, but is rare to casual spring visitor to western Alaska and the Bering Sea islands. Preferred habitats include tundra, wet grasslands, and flooded fields.

Breeding and Nesting

Bean Goose: Four to five white eggs are laid on the ground atop a small pile of tundra grass. Incubation ranges from 27 to 29 days and is carried out by the female.

Foraging and Feeding

Bean Goose: Eats grass, cereals, potatoes, and other crops.

Vocalization

Bean Goose: Call is a nasal "ung-ank."

Similar Species

Bean Goose: Greater White-fronted Goose has pink bill, white face patch, and dark bars on underparts. Pink-footed Goose has a short bill, bright pink in the middle, and pink feet.

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Underparts

Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.

Undertail coverts

Small feathers that cover the areas where the retrices (tail feathers) attach to the rump.

Upperparts

Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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