Bar-headed Geese
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The Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) is a goose which breeds in Central Asia and migrates over the Himalayas to winter in the wetlands of Pakistan. It is believed to be the highest flying bird having been seen at up to 30,000 feet. It lays 3-8 eggs in a nest near mountain lakes.
The bird is easily distinguished from any of the other grey geese of the genus Anser by the character implied by its English name. It is also much paler than the other geese in this genus. In flight, its call is a typical goose honking.
It has sometimes been separated from Anser, which has no other member indigenous to the Indian region, nor any at all to the Ethiopian, Australian, or Neotropical regions, and placed in the monotypic genus Eulabeia.
The Bar-headed Goose is often kept in captivity, from which it sometimes escapes. The wild population is declining due to over-hunting.
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