bar-headed goose
anser indicus latin

The following habitats are found across the Bar-headed goose distribution range.

Large flocks of bar-headed geese just rest for a few days in February on their way north.

Extreme conditions delay the return trip for bar-headed geese.

Bar-headed geese have to negotiate the low-oxygen roof of the world.

Perhaps the most interesting are the bar-headed geese.

Bar-headed Geese and other waterfowl breed on islands in the lake.

Migrating bar-headed geese head for high altitude lakes to breed.

Bar-headed geese fly where no other animal dares go.

Bar-headed geese have to reach extreme heights when they migrate over the Himalayas.

Nesting birds here include great crested grebes and bar-headed geese.

During summer, the Bar-headed goose and Brahmini ducks are commonly seen here.

Bar-headed geese cross the mountains to breed here, and marmots play fight in the meadows.

Bar-headed geese can fly higher than Mount Everest making them the world's highest flying birds.

Only migrating birds, such as bar-headed geese, are capable of crossing the peak of Everest.

The Bar-headed Goose is often kept in captivity, as it is considered beautiful and breeds readily.

Avifauna The reported avifauna consists of migrant birds such as the bar-headed geese.

The nest site is usually a pre-existing mud island inside a large shallow wetland, sometimes shared along with Bar-headed Goose.

In the reservoir draw down areas, which are also cultivated by local people during winter, Bar-headed geese and ruddy shel duck feed.

Bar-headed geese have a slightly larger wing area for their weight than other geese, which is believed to help them fly at high altitudes.

Bar-Headed Geese, one of the world's highest flying birds, are rarely seen in Kerala.

Meir's current research involves bar-headed geese, which are able to tolerate extreme altitudes and low oxygen levels while flying over the Himalayas.

Studies have found that bar-headed geese breathe more deeply and efficiently under low oxygen conditions, which serves to increase oxygen uptake from the environment.

Bar-headed geese and black-necked cranes migrate to Ladakh's lakes and marshes.

The Bar-Headed Goose breeds on the highest plateaus of the Himalayas, but are they safe?

Other animals able to survive long periods without oxygen include the goldfish, the red-eared slider turtle, the wood frog, and the bar-headed goose.

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a type of goose that lives in wetland areas of Central Asia.

In May 2005, Chinese researchers reported that 6,000 dead birds had been found in Qinghai Lake nature reserve, among them many bar-headed geese (Anser indicus).

Two researchers reported sighting six individual Bar-Headed Geese (Anser indicus) on fresh water near the mangroves on January 26, 2009.

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is an iconic high flyer that surmounts the Himalayas during migration, and serves as a model system for derived physiological adaptations for high-altitude flight.

It is normally considered by ornithologists to be most likely to be the bar-headed goose (Anser indicus), a migratory bird that is commonly found in winter in the north of the subcontinent.

The Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus) is a goose which breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India.

This is especially said of the bar-headed goose (Anser indicus), whose migratory route from Central Asia to India and back forces it to fly over the Himalayas twice a year, a feat which makes it one of the highest flying birds in the world.