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Bean Goose Anser fabalis
IUCN Red List history
| Year | Category |
|---|---|
| 2012 | Least Concern |
| 2009 | Least Concern |
| 2008 | Least Concern |
| 2004 | Least Concern |
| 2000 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| 1994 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
| 1988 | Lower Risk/Least Concern |
Species attributes
| Migratory status | full migrant | Forest dependency | Does not normally occur in forest |
| Land mass type | Average mass | - |
Distribution
| Estimate | Data quality | |
|---|---|---|
| Extent of Occurrence breeding/resident (km2) | 3,990,000 | medium |
| Extent of Occurrence non-breeding (km2) | 3,990,000 | medium |
| Number of locations | - | |
| Fragmentation | - |
Population & trend
| Estimate | Data quality | Derivation | Year of estimate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. of mature individuals | poor | Estimated | 2009 | |
| Population trend | Decreasing | - | ||
| Number of subpopulations | - | - | - | |
| Largest subpopulation | - | - | - | |
| Generation length (yrs) | 11.4 | - | - | - |
| Trend justification: The overall trend is decreasing, although some populations may be stable (Wetlands International 2006). | ||||
Country/Territory distribution
| Country/Territory | Occurrence status | Extinct | Breeding | Non-breeding | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Algeria | Vagrant | No | |||
| Austria | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Bangladesh | Vagrant | No | |||
| Belarus | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Belgium | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Native | No | |||
| Bulgaria | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Canada | Native | No | |||
| China (mainland) | Native | No | |||
| Croatia | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Czech Republic | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Denmark | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Egypt | Vagrant | No | |||
| Finland | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| France | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Germany | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Greece | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Hong Kong (China) | Vagrant | No | |||
| Hungary | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Iceland | Vagrant | No | |||
| India | Vagrant | No | |||
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Ireland | Vagrant | No | Yes | ||
| Italy | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Japan | Native | No | |||
| Kazakhstan | Native | No | |||
| Kyrgyzstan | Vagrant | No | |||
| Latvia | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Lebanon | Vagrant | No | Yes | ||
| Liechtenstein | Native | No | |||
| Lithuania | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Luxembourg | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Mali | Vagrant | No | |||
| Malta | Vagrant | No | |||
| Mexico | Native | No | |||
| Mongolia | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Montenegro | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Morocco | Vagrant | No | |||
| Myanmar | Vagrant | No | |||
| Nepal | Vagrant | No | |||
| Netherlands | Native | No | Yes | ||
| North Korea | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Norway | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Poland | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Portugal | Vagrant | No | |||
| Romania | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Russia (Asian) | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Russia (Central Asian) | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Russia (European) | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Serbia | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Slovakia | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| Slovenia | Native | No | Yes | ||
| South Korea | Native | No | |||
| Spain | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Sweden | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Switzerland | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Taiwan (China) | Native | No | |||
| Tajikistan | Native | No | |||
| Turkey | Native | No | Yes | ||
| Ukraine | Native | No | Yes | Yes | |
| United Kingdom | Native | No | Yes | ||
| USA | Vagrant | No | |||
| Uzbekistan | Native | No | Yes | Yes |
Important Bird Areas where this species has triggered the IBA criteria
| Country/Territory | IBA Name | IBA link |
|---|---|---|
| Belarus | Cikiny astravy |  |
| Belarus | Mid Prypiac' | |
| Belgium | Polderkomplex | |
| Belgium | Schorren en Polder van de Beneden-Schelde | |
| China (mainland) | Anqing wetlands (Caizi Hu, Wuchang Hu and other lakes) | |
| China (mainland) | Dongting Hu wetlands | |
| China (mainland) | Ebi Nur and Kuytun River | |
| China (mainland) | Mengjin Huanghe Nature Reserve | |
| China (mainland) | Niuxintaobao | |
| China (mainland) | Sanjiang Nature Reserve | |
| China (mainland) | Shuangtai (Shuangtaizi) Estuary and Inner Gulf of Liaodong | |
| China (mainland) | Suyahu Wetland Nature Reserve | |
| China (mainland) | Xingkai Hu Nature Reserve | |
| China (mainland) | Yellow River Delta Nature Reserve | |
| China (mainland) | Zhengzhou Huanghe Wetland Nature Reserve | |
| Czech Republic | Nechranice water reservoir | |
| Czech Republic | Nove Mlyny middle reservoir | |
| Denmark | Hanstholm Reservation | |
| Estonia | Kunda | |
| Estonia | Parika | |
| Estonia | Põhja-Liivimaa | |
| Estonia | Ropka-Ihaste | |
| Estonia | Vooremaa | |
| Finland | Alajoki | |
| Finland | Lapväärti wetlands | |
| Finland | Lålby fields | |
| Finland | Oulu region wetlands | |
| Finland | Pori archipelago and wetlands | |
| Finland | Sundominlahti Bay and Söderfjärden | |
| Finland | Torronsuo and Lake Talpianjärvi | |
| France | Ried de Colmar et Sélestat | |
| Germany | Luchgebiet Spaatz-Hohennauen-Witzke | |
| Hungary | Öreg Lake of Tata | |
| Hungary | Béda–Karapancsa | |
| Hungary | Gemenc | |
| Hungary | Hortobágy and Tisza-to | |
| Hungary | Lake Balaton | |
| Hungary | Lake Fertő | |
| Hungary | Lake Kis-Balaton | |
| Hungary | Nagy-berek of Fonyód | |
| Hungary | Sárvíz Valley | |
| Hungary | Sumony Fishpond | |
| Japan | Ezogadate reservoir | |
| Japan | Hachirogata | |
| Japan | Kyu-Osatsunuma | |
| Japan | Lake Asahiike and Lake Unoike | |
| Japan | Lake Fukushimagata | |
| Japan | Lake Furenko and nearby wetlands | |
| Japan | Lake Kejonuma | |
| Japan | Lake Utonaiko, Yufutsu plain | |
| Japan | Lower Tokachigawa river | |
| Japan | Mawarizeki and Sunazawa reservoir | |
| Japan | Middle Ishikarigawa basin | |
| Japan | Notsuke bay, Odaito | |
| Japan | Otomonuma reservoir | |
| Japan | Sarobetsu marsh | |
| Lithuania | Pravirsulio Tyrelis State Nature Reserve | |
| Lithuania | Zuvintas Biosphere Reserve | |
| Mongolia | Delta of Orkhon and Selenge Rivers | |
| Mongolia | Mongol Daguur | |
| Mongolia | Selengiin Tsagaan Lake | |
| Mongolia | Valleys of Khurkh-Khuiten Rivers | |
| Netherlands | Dollard | |
| Netherlands | Dwingelderveld | |
| Netherlands | Fochteloërveen and Lake Esmeer | |
| Netherlands | Gelderse Poort | |
| Netherlands | Groote Peel | |
| North Korea | Chongchon River estuary (including Mundok Nature Reserve) | |
| North Korea | Daedong Bay | |
| North Korea | Kumya Bay | |
| North Korea | Ongjin Bay | |
| North Korea | Orangchon River estuary | |
| Poland | Barycz river valley | |
| Poland | Druzno lake | |
| Poland | Jeziorsko reservoir | |
| Poland | Lower Odra river valley | |
| Poland | Mala Welna River Valley | |
| Poland | Marshy valley of the Drweca river | |
| Poland | Middle Notec River Valley | |
| Poland | Middle Odra River Valley | |
| Poland | Miedwie site | |
| Poland | Mietkow reservoir | |
| Poland | Notec Forest | |
| Poland | Nysa reservoir | |
| Poland | Otmuchów reservoir | |
| Poland | Przemków ponds | |
| Poland | Rakutowskie swamps | |
| Poland | Samica Valley | |
| Poland | Slowinski National Park | |
| Poland | Slup reservoir | |
| Poland | Stobrawa Watershed | |
| Poland | Szczecin lagoon | |
| Poland | Turawa reservoir | |
| Poland | Warta River Mouth | |
| Poland | Weltyn lakes | |
| Poland | Widawa and Olesnica River Valley | |
| Poland | Woniesc reservoir | |
| Russia (Asian) | Amur river mouth | |
| Russia (Asian) | Bolon' lake | |
| Russia (Asian) | Forty islands | |
| Russia (Asian) | Gusikha river basin and lower Balakhnya river | |
| Russia (Asian) | Kanchalan river basin | |
| Russia (Asian) | Keremesit-Sundrun lowland | |
| Russia (Asian) | Kharchinskoye lake | |
| Russia (Asian) | Korfa bay (northern part) | |
| Russia (Asian) | Kuril islands (between Urup and Paramushir) | |
| Russia (Asian) | Lopatka peninsula | |
| Russia (Asian) | Makovetskoye lake | |
| Russia (Asian) | Malamvayam lagoon | |
| Russia (Asian) | Malkachan tundra | |
| Russia (Asian) | Manily lakes | |
| Russia (Asian) | Moroshechnaya river | |
| Russia (Asian) | Nevskoye lake | |
| Russia (Asian) | North-east Sakhalin lagoons | |
| Russia (Asian) | Parapol'skiy valley | |
| Russia (Asian) | San-Yuryakh | |
| Russia (Asian) | Tyk and Viakhtu bays | |
| Russia (Asian) | Utkholok river | |
| Russia (Asian) | Zhupanovskiy lagoon | |
| Russia (Central Asian) | Dvuob'ye | |
| Russia (Central Asian) | Inder' | |
| Russia (Central Asian) | Lower Ob' | |
| Russia (Central Asian) | Shestakovskie of a bog 2 | |
| Russia (Central Asian) | Shestakovskiye marshes | |
| Russia (Central Asian) | Taezhno-Mikhaylovsky | |
| Russia (Central Asian) | Ubinskoye Lake | |
| Russia (European) | Bylinskaya | |
| Russia (European) | Cheremshanski Bay of Kuybyshev Reservoir | |
| Russia (European) | Delta of River Severnaya Dvina | |
| Russia (European) | Flood-plain of Algashka river | |
| Russia (European) | Flood-plain of Iput' river in vicinity of Kholevichami | |
| Russia (European) | Flood-plain of Iput' river in vicinity of Krutoayr | |
| Russia (European) | Flood-plain of Kostroma river | |
| Russia (European) | Floodplain of Cheptsa river | |
| Russia (European) | Issinski | |
| Russia (European) | Kargopol' area | |
| Russia (European) | Khaypudyrskaya Bay (islands of B. Zelenets, Dolgi, Matveyev) | |
| Russia (European) | Kuloy river | |
| Russia (European) | Kurgalski Peninsula | |
| Russia (European) | Lake Lacha | |
| Russia (European) | Manturovo left bank of the Unzha river | |
| Russia (European) | Moksha flood-plain in vicinity of Krasnoslobodsk | |
| Russia (European) | Olonets plain | |
| Russia (European) | Petrocrepost' Bay | |
| Russia (European) | Pinezhski meadow | |
| Russia (European) | River Chernaya | |
| Russia (European) | Russki Zavorot Peninsula and eastern part of Malozemelskaya Tundra | |
| Russia (European) | Sources of the River Luga | |
| Russia (European) | Southern coast of the Neva bay | |
| Russia (European) | Sura environs | |
| Russia (European) | Unskaya bay | |
| Russia (European) | Vashutkiny, Padimeyskiye and Kharbeyskiye lakes | |
| Russia (European) | Vaygach island | |
| Russia (European) | Vorono-Khoperski area | |
| Russia (European) | Watershed of Kazanka and Shoshma rivers | |
| Russia (European) | Zavoronezhski area | |
| South Korea | Cheolwon basin | |
| South Korea | Cheonsu Bay | |
| South Korea | Gangjin Bay | |
| South Korea | Geum-gang river and estuary | |
| South Korea | Gocheonam-ho lake | |
| South Korea | Gumi Haepyeong | |
| South Korea | Han-gang estuary | |
| South Korea | Junam reservoir | |
| South Korea | Nakdong-gang estuary | |
| South Korea | Upo swamp | |
| Sweden | Bay of Lundåkrabukten | |
| Sweden | Bay of Svensksundsviken | |
| Sweden | Kvismaren | |
| Sweden | Lake Åsnen | |
| Sweden | Lake Östen | |
| Sweden | Lake Hallbosjön | |
| Sweden | Lake Hjälstaviken | |
| Sweden | Lake Hornborgasjön | |
| Sweden | Lake Persöfjärden | |
| Sweden | Lake Tysslingen | |
| Sweden | Lake Vendelsjön | |
| Sweden | River Umeälven delta | |
| Ukraine | Bodakivs'ke marsh | |
| Ukraine | Latorytsya river valley near Chop | |
| Ukraine | Shats'ki lakes | |
| United Kingdom | Slamannan Plateau | |
Habitats & altitude
| Habitat (level 1) | Habitat (level 2) | Importance | Occurrence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial/Terrestrial | Arable Land | major | non-breeding |
| Artificial/Terrestrial | Pastureland | suitable | non-breeding |
| Grassland | Tundra | suitable | breeding |
| Shrubland | Boreal | suitable | breeding |
| Wetlands (inland) | Tundra Wetlands (incl. pools and temporary waters from snowmelt) | major | breeding |
| Altitude | 0 - 0 m | Occasional altitudinal limits |
Threats & impact
| Threat (level 1) | Threat (level 2) | Impact and Stresses | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change & severe weather | Habitat shifting & alteration | Timing | Scope | Severity | Impact | ||||
| Future | Whole (>90%) | Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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Utilisation
| Purpose | Primary form used | Life stage used | Source | Scale | Level | Timing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food (human) | Whole | Adults and juveniles | Wild | Subsistence, National | Non-trivial | Recent |
| Pets | Whole | Adults and juveniles | Wild | International | Non-trivial | Recent |
| Sport | Whole | Adults and juveniles | Wild | Subsistence, National | Non-trivial | Recent |
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2013) Species factsheet: Anser fabalis. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 23/05/2013.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2013) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
http://www.birdlife.org on 23/05/2013.
This information is based upon, and updates, the information published in BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Barcelona and Cambridge, UK: Lynx Edicions and BirdLife International, BirdLife International (2004) Threatened birds of the world 2004 CD-ROM and BirdLife International (2008) Threatened birds of the world 2008 CD-ROM. These sources provide the information for species accounts for the birds on the IUCN Red List.
To provide new information to update this factsheet or to correct any errors, please email BirdLife
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| Key facts | |
|---|---|
| Current IUCN Red List category | Least Concern |
| Family | Anatidae (Ducks, geese and swans) |
| Species name author | (Latham, 1787) |
| Population size | mature individuals |
| Population trend | Decreasing |
| Distribution size (breeding/resident) | 3,990,000 km2 |
| Country endemic? | No |
| Links to further information | |
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