Bar-headed
Goose

Bar-headed Goose

The Bar-headed Goose is a goose which 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.

The bird is pale grey and is easily distinguished from any of the other grey geese by the black bars on its head. It is also much paler than the other geese in this genus. In flight, its call is a typical goose honking. A mid-sized goose, it measures 80 cm in total length and weighs 3.5 kg

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Regional Names

• Assamese:
  ধৃতিৰাজ
• Bengali:
  দাগি রাজহাঁস
• Gujarati:
  રાજહંસ
• Hindi:
  बिर्वा, सवान
• Kannada:
  ಪಟ್ಟೆತಲೆ ಹೆಬ್ಬಾತು
• Marathi:
  पट्टकादंब
• Nepali:
  खोयाहाँस
• Punjabi:
  ਸਾਵੇ ਮਘ
• Sanskrit:
  कादम्ब हंस
• Tamil:
  பட்டைத்தலை வாத்து

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