Albania (NB), Austria (NB) (P), Belgium (NB) (P), Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria (NB), Canada, China (mainland), Croatia (Local Name: Hrvatska) (NB), Czech Republic (NB) (P), Denmark (NB) (P), Finland (B) (P), France (NB) (P), Germany (NB) (P), Greece (NB), Hungary (NB) (P), Iran [Islamic Republic of], Italy (NB), Japan, Kazakhstan, Latvia (NB) (P), Liechtenstein, Lithuania (NB) (P), Luxembourg (NB), Macedonia [The Former Yugoslav Republic of] (NB), Mexico, Mongolia (B), Montenegro (NB), Netherlands Antilles (NB), North Korea (NB), Norway (B) (P), Poland (NB) (P), Romania (NB), Russia (Asian) (B), Russia (Central Asian) (B) (P), Russia (European) (B) (P), Serbia (NB), Slovakia (Slovak Republic) (NB) (P), Slovenia (NB), South Korea, Spain (NB), Sweden (B) (NB) (P), Switzerland (NB), Taiwan (China), Tajikistan, Turkey (NB), Ukraine (NB) (P), United Kingdom (NB), Uzbekistan (NB) (P).
Vagrant to Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Hong Kong (China), Iceland, India, Ireland (NB), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Portugal, USA.
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 830,000 - 850,000 (2010).
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) [XC769870]
by Jarek Matusiak from Tjele, Viborg Municipality, Central Denmark Region, Denmark (flight call, nocturnal flight call)
Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis) [XC167874]
by Krzysztof Deoniziak from Note\u0107 River Valley (near Nowy Dw\u00f3r), Wielkopolskie Voivodeship, Poland (flight call)
Nest
Mound of vegetation, lined with down. Usually in solitary pairs but will form loose groups.
Eggs (Guide)
4 or 5; creamy-white. Incubation: about 28 days; by female.
Subspecies
If Tundra Bean-Goose (Anser serrirostris) is treated as a separate species there are three subspecies.
Forms a superspecies with Pink-footed Goose (Anser brachyrhynchus), which has been considered a subspecies of Bean Goose (Anser fabalis).
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:
fabalis (Latham, 1787) - Taiga from Scandinavia east to Ural Mts.
johanseni Delacour, 1951 - Taiga and wooded tundra from Ural Mts to L Baikal.
middendorffii Severtsov, 1873 - Taiga of eastern Siberia, east of L Baikal. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Middendorf’s Bean-Goose (Anser middendorffii).
rossicus Buturlin, 1933 - Tundra of northern Russia and north-western Siberia, from Kanin to Taymyr Peninsulas. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Tundra Bean-Goose (Anser serrirostris).
serrirostris Swinhoe, 1871 - Tundra of north-eastern Siberia, from Lena Delta to Anadyrland. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Tundra Bean-Goose (Anser serrirostris).
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