Taiga Bean Goose (Anser fabalis)
About the Taiga Bean Goose
The taiga bean goose (Anser fabalis) is a species of goose that breeds in northern Europe and Asia. It is migratory and winters further south in Europe and Asia. This and the tundra bean goose were recognised as separate species by the International Ornithologists' Union and the American Ornithological Society from 2007, but are still considered a single species by some other authorities (collectively called bean goose), notably BirdLife International and the IUCN. The taiga and tundra bean goose diverged about 2.5 million years ago and established secondary contact c. 60,000 years ago, resulting in extensive gene flow.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 131 recordings for this species: 6 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in China, Denmark, Finland, Germany in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Bar-headed GooseAnser indicusrecording
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsrecording
- Greylag GooseAnser anserrecording
- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusrecording
- Tundra Bean GooseAnser serrirostrisrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.