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title: "Bar-headed Goose"
description: "Anser indicus — Uccelli. The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/bar-headed-goose
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Bar-headed Goose

> Anser indicus — Uccelli. The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India.

- Scientific name: *Anser indicus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi), `mountains` (Montagne)
- iNaturalist observations: 6059
- Wikidata: [Q191125](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q191125)
- iNaturalist taxon: [7008](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/7008)

## Names

- en: Bar-headed Goose
- de: Streifengans
- es: Ánsar indio
- fr: Oie à tête barrée
- nl: Indische gans
- pt: Ganso-de-cabeça-listada
- pl: Gęś tybetańska

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1210), DE (891), CN (541), RU (426), GB (387), FR (353), MN (139), ES (113), IT (113), BE (86), NL (71), TW (50)

## Summary

The bar-headed goose (Anser indicus) is a goose that breeds in Central Asia in colonies of thousands near mountain lakes and winters in South Asia, as far south as peninsular India. It lays three to eight eggs at a time in a ground nest. It is known for the extreme altitudes it reaches when migrating across the Himalayas.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-headed_goose

## Photo

![Bar-headed Goose](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/bar-headed-goose/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/332648814

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/bar-headed-goose?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).