Bar-Headed Goose
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The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a large, pale grey goose famous for its ability to migrate over the Himalayan mountains, a feat that requires extraordinary physiological adaptations for high-altitude flight.
Himalayan migration:
The bar-headed goose breeds in Central Asia, near high-altitude lakes in Mongolia, China, and the Tibetan Plateau, and migrates south to winter in the lowlands of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Their journey requires them to fly over the Himalayan mountain range, often at altitudes well over 5,000 meters, which challenges even the fittest human athletes.
Bar-Headed Goose
WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre.
What3Words
///trailers.ripen.grownup
The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a large, pale grey goose famous for its ability to migrate over the Himalayan mountains, a feat that requires extraordinary physiological adaptations for high-altitude flight.
Himalayan migration:
The bar-headed goose breeds in Central Asia, near high-altitude lakes in Mongolia, China, and the Tibetan Plateau, and migrates south to winter in the lowlands of India, Bangladesh, and Pakistan. Their journey requires them to fly over the Himalayan mountain range, often at altitudes well over 5,000 meters, which challenges even the fittest human athletes.