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Vagrant to Algeria, Bangladesh, Egypt, Hong Kong (China), Iceland, India, Ireland (NB), Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Mali, Malta, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Portugal, USA.

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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