[BAR-HEADED GOOSE]

Anser indicus

Status:  No accepted records.

Taxonomy: No subspecies recognized (AviList 2025).

Comments:  A pair was seen with Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) Feb 1985 in Keith Co, presumed escapees (Cortelyou 1985), and one was in Cedar Co 12-24 Feb 2003. These birds were certainly escapees or released; there is no pattern of vagrancy of this Central Asian species into North America (AOU 1983).

Literature Cited

AOU [American Ornithologists’ Union]. 1983. The AOU Check-list of North American birds, 6th ed. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas, USA.

AviList Core Team, 2025. AviList: The Global Avian Checklist, v2025. https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025.

Cortelyou, R.G. 1985. Three Species of Siberian geese seen in Nebraska (editor’s comments). NBR 53: 3-5.

Gill, F., D. Donsker, and P. Rasmussen (Eds). 2022. IOC World Bird List (v 12.2). Doi 10.14344/IOC.ML.12.2.  http://www.worldbirdnames.org/.

Recommended Citation

Silcock, W.R., and J.G. Jorgensen.  2025.  Bar-headed Goose (Anser indicus). In Birds of Nebraska — Online. www.BirdsofNebraska.org

Birds of Nebraska – Online

Updated 3 Jul 2025