GRAYLAG GOOSE (Anser Anser): M Duck+: 81 cm.
The grey rump and white nail to the flesh pink
bill distinctive. Large jheels and lakes.
Pakistan, N. and C. India to Manipur, South to
Chilka lake, Orissa. Sri Lanka
(once).
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LOCAL NAME: Raj Hans (Hindi, Bengali, NE. hill
states).
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SIZE:
Domestic goose.
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FIELD CHARACTERS: Similar to brown phase of
domestic goose. Grey rump and white nail to the
flesh pink bill distinctive.
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DISTRIBUTION:
Winter visitor to northern
India,
uncommon to rare in the south; Pakistan;
Bangladesh; Sri Lanka (once).
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HABITS: Gregarious, in large flocks in jheels,
rivers, etc., where they rest during the day and
feed at night on agricultural fields and wet
meadows. Occasionally indulge in spectacular
aerobatics.
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CALL: A far-reaching aahng-ung-ung in flight and
a conversational gay-gay-gay while feeding.
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FOOD: Vegetarian, grass and winter crops,
aquatic weeds and tubers.
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NESTING: Extralimital – Asia Minor to Central
Asia. Believed to be the ancestor of all our
domestic breeds.
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