Bar-headed goose

This migratory herbivore lives in wetland habitat, has a terrestrial lifestyle and has a geographic range of 2,371,000 km². It lays 1 clutch of 5 eggs per year, with an incubation period of 29 days, and is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.

Weight

2.11 kg – 2.51 kgsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

1.4 m – 1.6 msrc for Wingspan

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

wetlandsrc for Habitat

Egg incubation

29 dayssrc for Egg incubation

Young per litter or clutch

5src for Young per litter or clutch

Litters or clutches a year

1src for Litters or clutches a year

Reproduction

Eggssrc for Reproduction

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Migration

Migratorysrc for Migration

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

The bar-headed goose is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classAves
4. orderAnseriformes
5. familyAnatidae
6. genusAnser
7. SpeciesAnser indicus (Latham, 1790)

Synonyms Anas diadema, Anas indica, Anser skorniakovi, Eulabeia indica, Eulabia indica

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Greylag goose

Anser anser

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Taiga bean goose

Anser fabalis

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Greater white-fronted goose

Anser albifrons

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Snow goose

Anser caerulescens

Anatidae

VU, Vulnerable

Lesser white-fronted goose

Anser erythropus

Anatidae

LC, Least Concern

Pink-footed goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

Anatidae

CompareBar-headed goose vs Greylag gooseBar-headed goose vs Taiga bean gooseBar-headed goose vs Greater white-fronted gooseBar-headed goose vs Snow goose

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@misc{bar_headed_goose_2026,
  title = {Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/bar-headed-goose},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}