Breeds in Ladakh; widespread winter visitor. Yellowish legs and black-tipped yellow bill. Adult has white head with black banding across crown, and white line down grey neck. Juvenile has white face a nddark grey crown and hind neck. Plumage paler steel-grey, with more uniform pale grey forewing compared with Greylag. Bangladesh. Feeds mainly at night in cultivation or grassland on river banks; roosts by day on sandbanks of large rivers. Breeds on swampy ground by high - altitude lakes; winters near large rivers, lakes and reservoirs; also coastal islands in the Sunderbans.
Colour
GreyWhiteBlackYellow
Average size
73.5 cm
Habitat
Feeds mainly at night in cultivation or grassland on river banks, roosts by day on sandbanks of large rivers. Breeds on swampy ground by high - altitude lakes, winters near large rivers, lakes and reservoirs, also coastal islands in the Sunderbans.
Behaviour
Breeds in Ladakh, widespread winter visitor., Bangladesh.
About this bird
Breeds in Ladakh; widespread winter visitor. Yellowish legs and black-tipped yellow bill. Adult has white head with black banding across crown, and white line down grey neck. Juvenile has white face a nddark grey crown and hind neck. Plumage paler steel-grey, with more uniform pale grey forewing compared with Greylag. Bangladesh. Feeds mainly at night in cultivation or grassland on river banks; roosts by day on sandbanks of large rivers. Breeds on swampy ground by high - altitude lakes; winters near large rivers, lakes and reservoirs; also coastal islands in the Sunderbans.
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