NEW COUNTRY RECORD - Tundra Bean Goose

[Neon Rosell II]

Tundra Bean Goose - Anser serrirostris.

Photographed by JP Carino - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, March 31, 2010

Nikon D3 + Nikkor 500mm F4 VR + TC14eII; F10, 1/400, ISO400 @ 700mm hand held

Photographed by Sylvia Ramos - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, March 31, 2010

1/400, f8, iso250, Canon 7d, EF300mm f/2.8L IS USM +2.0x, Feisol tripod, Markin ballhead

Photographed by Tonji Ramos - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, March 31, 2010


Canon 5Dmk2, 500mm, 1.4x tc., tripod, 1/400, f10, ISO400

Photographed by Romy Ocon - Candaba wetlands, Pampanga, April 6, 2010, 7D + 400 2.8 IS + Canon 1.4x TC, 475B/3421 support, 560 mm, f/5.6, ISO 400, 1/1600 sec, manual exposure in available light, near full frame, 49.7 m distance.

[Ely Teehankee]

These are all very nice pictures. I hope to see more country records being posted. Well done Neon. Mabuhay.

[steve pryor]

See comment here:
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Tundra Bean Goose - Anser serrirostris.

[Neon Rosell II]

Thanks Sir Steve! Made the correction already.

Oct 7, 2010 17:11:19 GMT steve pryor said:

See comment here:
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Tundra Bean Goose - Anser serrirostris.

Sir Steve's comments:
"OK. Well, I am going to call this Tundra Bean Goose - Anser [fabalis] serrirostris. The reason is that the bill is unmistakeably not that of a middendorffii. These are the two taxa that could conceiveably reach Phils. Here the bill is swollen at the bill insertion, and the posterolateral tomia (fancy way of saying the cutting edge of the mandibles near the bill insertion) show a very conspicuous "grin line" putting well in evidence the tomial serrations - not good for middendorffii. The bill of middendorffii is longer, more "graceful", and without this conspicuous "grin line".

For further delucidation as to my decision on this bird, I have scanned a plate that might be self-explanatory.

www.flickr.com/photos/22004717@N00/5060374902/"