Maps of the birds of the Western Palearctic Region

Geese

Anser fabalis
-Taiga (fabalis) and tundra (serrirostris).
Lakes, ponds, bogs, sluggish rivers, swamps, wet meadows.

A. f. fabalis. From Scandinavia e through nw,c Russia and c,se Siberia
(s of tundra) to Anadyrland and Kamchatka and s to Altai, Transbaicalia, Mongolia and Amurland.
A. f. serrirostris. From n Russia, incl. Novaya Zemlya, e through n Siberia to Chukotski Pen.
Rare migrant in the Aleutian Is.; vagrant recorded in Nebraska.
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Anser brachyrhynchus
Tundra lakes, ponds, sluggish rivers, swamps, wet meadows.
E Greenland, Iceland, Spitsbergen, probably Franz Josef Land, and extreme nw Russia on the Kola Peninsula.
Vagrant e Canada, possibly ne U.S.
Some vagrants may be escapes from captivity.
Introduced in Great Britain, but not certainly established.
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Anser albifrons
Tundra lakes, ponds, wet meadows; in migration marshes, flooded fields and brackish coastal areas.

A. a. albifrons N Russia and n Siberia e to Chukotski Pen. and Anadyrland, Novaya Zemlya, Kolguyev and Vaygach islands; from n,w,sc Alaska s to Bristol Bay and e across n Yukon, n Mackenzie and s Victoria I. to n Keewatin; w Greenland.
Anser a. elgasi (= gambeli) Tule Goose.
Differs from typical albifrons and may be a separate species.
Breeds in the Cook Inlet area of s Alaska and winters in the Sacramento Valley of California.
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Anser fabalis

Bean Goose

not uncommon

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Anser brachyrhynchus

Pink-footted Goose

Common

Introduced in Great Britain

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Anser albifrons

Greater White-fronted Goose

Fairly common

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Anser erythropus
Open tundra, taiga, lakes, ponds, alpine habitats.
From n Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland.
A specimen was taken on Attu I. in the Aleutians in May, 1994
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Anser anser
Reedbeds, marshy swamps, estuaries, lakes.
From Iceland, Outer Hebrides, British Isles, Netherlands and Scandinavia e across c Russia incl. Ural Mts. and lower Volga River, and s Siberia n to L. Baikal and Amurland to n China; s locally or formerly to the Balkans, w Turkey, extreme nw Iran, Transcaucasus, Uzbekistan, Turkestan, Altai, se Iraq and Afghanistan.
The domesticated goose was derived from the Graylag Goose.
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Anser indicus
Marshes, lake shores, highland moors.
Mts. to 4600 m from the Pamir Mts., Kirghiz steppes, Altai Mts. and extreme sw Siberia (Tuva), Mongolia and n China s to ne Afghanistan, n India and w Tibet.
Records from Europe are probably escapes from captivity.
Introduced in Great Britain, but not certainly established.
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