bar-headed goose

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q191125
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Summary

bar-headed goose is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.71% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,808 views/month, #1,393 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Anser[5]
  • Taxon name: Anser indicus[6]
  • Commons category: Anser indicus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Anser indicus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Anser indicus[9]
  • Short name: A. indicus[10]
  • Taxon common name: Bar-headed Goose[11], Горный гусь[12], Streifengans[13], Ánsar indio[14], Oie à tête barrée[15], Oca indiana[16], Indische Gans[17], Indisk Gås[18], Stripegås[19], vööthani[20], インドガン[21], stripgås[22], tiibetinhanhi[23], oca de l'Índia[24]
  • Wingspan: 150 cm[25]
  • Mass: 141 g[26], 2.505 kg[27], 2.23 kg[28]

Body

Identifiers

bar-headed goose's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 7008[29]. bar-headed goose's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 8846[30]. bar-headed goose's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510531[31]. bar-headed goose's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2498035[32]. bar-headed goose's ITIS TSN is recorded as 175034[33].

Why It Matters

bar-headed goose has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 62 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [33] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [32] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . Handbook of the Birds of the World. wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range → Africa
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    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Iucn conservation status → Least Concern
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