| Pink-footed goose | |
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| Calls of a flock recorded in Scotland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Anseriformes |
| Family: | Anatidae |
| Genus: | Anser |
| Species: | A. brachyrhynchus
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| Binomial name | |
| Anser brachyrhynchus Baillon, 1834
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| Range of A. brachyrhynchus Summer Winter
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The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland, Svalbard, and recently Novaya Zemlya. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot" (plural "pinkfeet"). Anser is the Latin for "goose", and brachyrhynchus comes from the ancient Greek brachus "short" and rhunchos "bill".[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Anser brachyrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22679872A85978254. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22679872A85978254.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 48, 76. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.