Southport, Merseyside. Météo au Royaume-Uni : 13 novembre 2020 l'arrivée des Oies migratrices à pieds roses dans le nord-ouest marque le début de l'hiver. De grands nombres arrivent au Royaume-Uni à partir de septembre de leurs aires de reproduction en Islande. Une combinaison d'oiseaux migrant vers le sud après leur arrivée au début de l'automne. Crédit : MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews
2354 x 3530 px | 19,9 x 29,9 cm | 7,8 x 11,8 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
13 novembre 2020
Lieu:
Southport, UK
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The pink-footed goose (Anser brachyrhynchus) is a goose which breeds in eastern Greenland, Iceland and Svalbard. It is migratory, wintering in northwest Europe, especially Ireland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and western Denmark. The name is often abbreviated in colloquial usage to "pinkfoot" (plural "pinkfeet"). Anser is the Latin for "goose", and brachyrhynchus comes from the ancient Greek brachus "short" and rhunchos "bill".[2] It is a medium-sized goose, 60–75 cm (24–30 in) long, the wingspan 135–170 cm (53–67 in), and weighing 1.8–3.4 kg (4.0–7.5 lb). It has a short bill, bright pink in the middle with a black base and tip, and pink feet. The body is mid-grey-brown, the head and neck a richer, darker brown, the rump and vent white, and the tail grey with a broad white tip. The upper wing-coverts are of a somewhat similar pale bluish-grey as in the greylag goose, and the flight feathers blackish-grey. The species is most closely related to the bean goose Anser fabalis (having even been treated as a subspecies of it at times in the past), sharing a similar black-and-coloured pattern bill, but differing in having pink on the bill and legs where the bean goose is orange, and in the paler, greyer plumage tones. It is similar in size to the small rossicus subspecies of bean goose, but distinctly smaller than the nominate subspecies fabalis. It produces a medley of high-pitched honking calls, being particularly vocal in flight, with large skeins being almost deafening.
