How Bar-headed Geese Fly Over Himalayas Bar-headed Geese are world's highest altitude migrants. These birds migrate from Russia to China and then fly over Mount Everest to reach their wintering grounds in India. Bar-headed geese. Image ©Adesh Shivkar. By Mithu Das September 04, 2011 I n July 2007, at least fifty Bar-headed geese were fitted with neck collars by Wildlife Conservation Society in Mongolia. Among these birds, one (No. C6) has been photographed by Adesh Shivkar in Pune, Maharashtra, on January 2008. This bird has travelled a distance of 4780 km and cros