Back to Website home
PORTAL FOR BIRDS OF MADHYA PRADESH
   
 
  Bar Headed Goose  
Name : Bar Headed Goose
Scientific Name : Anser Indicus
Size : Sarpatti Sawan (75 cms)
Habitat : Lakes, reservoirs, agriculture
Identification : A grey, brownish & white goose, black bars on head
Status : Migratory
Distribution : Throughout Indian Union
Food : Green Shoots of winter crop
Nest : April-June, Depression on margin of high altitude lakes
Eggs : 3-4, Ivory white
   



  Least concern
  Wetland
  Uncommon
  Some parts of M.P in migration
 
SPECIES OF WETLAND BIRDS FOUND IN MADHYA PRADESH