Meidum geese

On 18/06/2021 7:06 pm, Aidan Sudbury via Birding-Aus wrote:
> In the latest issue of Birdlife, birds from an ancient Egyptian frieze
> are described as “quite unlike any species known today”, but they are
> almost perfect pictures of Red-breasted Geese.
>
> Aidan Sudbury
>
I wondered about a hybrid, but this post from March 2021 covers that:

Why the “Red-breasted Meidum Goose” is probably not an extinct species
avianhybrids.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/why-the-red-breasted-meidum-goose-is-probably-not-an-extinct-species/

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