Size: Length; 76cm. Weight; 1.8-3kg.

Age: 30 years.
 
Habitat and distribution: In grass or tall weeds around high mountain lakes from south-east Russia through northern India and western China, nesting in the mountainous regions north of the Himalayas.

Groups and breeding:  Geese usually live in monogamous pairs, however, on occasions where females outnumber males they will form harem groups with one male and several females. During the breeding season of May to July, three to six eggs are laid which hatch after 28 to 30 days.

Diet: Plants and some crustaceans and invertebrates.

• The Bar-Headed Goose gets its common name from the two bars of brownish-black coloured feathers that wrap around the back of its head.
• The Bar-headed Goose is believed to be the world’s highest flying bird, having recorded at up to 10175 m (33,382 feet).
• These geese are thought to be in decline due to flooding of their breeding sites, egg collecting and heavy predation. In the spring of 2005, approximately 10% of the global population died in a single outbreak of avian influenza at Lake Qinghai, China.
• In 2004, 49 birds were reported living in the UK, thought to have escaped from private collections.  Although most were single birds, at least 5 pairs were observed to be breeding.