| Bar-headed goose | |
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| At St. James's Park, Central London | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Anser |
| Species: | A. indicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anser indicus (Latham, 1790)
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| Synonyms | |
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Anser indica (lapsus) | |
The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest. It is known for the extreme altitudes it reaches when migrating across the Himalayas.
- ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Anser indicus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22679893A131908564. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22679893A131908564.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.