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Pink-footed Goose Sounds

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Scotland, March 31, 2016Recorded by Lynden Schofield / Macaulay Library
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Vlaamse Gewest, January 09, 2021Recorded by Peter Boesman / Macaulay Library
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England, November 17, 2017Recorded by Simon Colenutt / Macaulay Library

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Calls

Pink-footed Geese give typical goose honks, as well as higher-pitched yelps and scratchy calls. They are higher-pitched than Graylag Geese, Tundra Bean-Geese, and Taiga Bean-Geese, and lower-pitched than Greater White-fronted Geese. Pink-footed Geese typically give two-syllable or three-syllable calls, and their alarm call is a sharp, single note.

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Species in This Family

Ducks, Geese, and Waterfowl(Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae)

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Fulvous Whistling-Duck

Greater White-fronted Goose

Pink-footed Goose

Blue-winged Teal

Northern Shoveler

Eurasian Wigeon

American Wigeon

American Black Duck

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

Ring-necked Duck

Steller's Eider

Spectacled Eider

White-winged Scoter

Long-tailed Duck

Common Goldeneye

Barrow's Goldeneye

Hooded Merganser

Common Merganser

Red-breasted Merganser

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