| Description 70-87 cm. This goose is darker than other grey geese. It has dark brown head, dark brown back with regular pale cream bars. There is orange band on its black bill. Its legs are orange-yellow. Its tail contains a dark, broad tail-band. From its three forms in Hungary the most common migrant is the Anser fabalis rossicus. It migrates through Transdanubia in large flocks in autumn and in somewhat smaller numbers during spring, but also common on the Great Plain. Regularly overwinters. Habitat Winter: lakes and wet pasture, breeds on northern bogs and tundra Can be found in the following IBAs 03 Lake Fertő 04 Kis-Balaton 05 Balaton 06 Nagy-berek 07 Inner Somogy 09 Béda Karapancsa 10 Gemenc 11 Sárvíz valley 12 Lake Velence and Dinnyés marshes 14 Lake Öreg at Tata 16 Danube reach between Gönyű and Szob 17 Danube bend 32 Hortobágy | © Graphics by Szabolcs Kókay | |
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