Branta leucopsis

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Common Names

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Description

Physical Description

Habitat

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 494 meters (0 to 1,621 feet).[1]

Biome: Terrestrial ; Marine

Biology

Migration

Migratory

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001.

Similar Species

Brant, Canada Goose

Members of the genus Branta

There are approximately 47 species in this genus:

B. bernicia · B. bernicla (Brent Goose) · B. berniclas · B. bernicla bernicla · B. bernicla hrota (Brant) · B. bernicla nigricans · B. bernicla orientalis · B. bernicla ssp · B. bernicula · B. canadensis (Greater Canada Goose) · B. canadensis asiatica · B. canadensis canadensis (Greater Canada Goose) · B. canadensis fulva (Vancouver Canada Goose) · B. canadensis hutchinsii (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis interior (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis leucopareia (Aleutian Canada Goose) · B. canadensis leucoparia · B. canadensis maxima (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis minima (Cackling Canada Goose) · B. canadensis moffitti (Canada Goose) · B. canadensis occidentalis (Dusky Canada Goose) · B. canadensis parvipes (Lesser Canada Goose) · B. canadensis taverneri (Canada Goose) · B. dickeyi · B. esmeralda · B. howardae · B. hrota · B. hutchinsii (Cackling Goose) · B. hutchinsii asiatica · B. hutchinsii hutchinsii · B. hutchinsii leucopareia · B. hutchinsii minima · B. hutchinsii taverneri · B. hylobadistes · B. leucopareia · B. leucopsis (Barnacle Goose) · B. leucopsis x · B. minima · B. nigricans · B. propinqua · B. ruficapilla · B. ruficollis (Red-Breasted Goose) · B. rufina · B. sandivicensis · B. sandvicensis (Hawaiian Goose) · B. sandwichensis · B. x albifrons

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Further Reading

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• A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. ENG url p. 132.
• A history of the game birds, wild-fowl and shore birds of Massachusetts and adjacent states... with observations on their...recent decrease in numbers; also the means for conserving those still in existence, by Edward Howe Forbush, state ornithologist of [Boston, Wright and Potter printing company, state printers, 1912] ENG url p. 193.
• A review of the birds of Connecticut. By C. Hart Merriam. New Haven, Tuttle, Morehouse and Taylor, Printers, 1877. ENG url p. 146, p. 152.
• Acta Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fennica. Helsinki, Societas. ENG url p. 170, p. 35.
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Notes

Contributors

• BirdLife International 2004. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 19 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 12, 2007:

• Avian Knowledge Network, Great Backyard Bird Count
• Avian Knowledge Network, Project FeederWatch
• Avian Knowledge Network, eBird
• Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Bishop Museum Natural History Specimen Data
• Biologiezentrum der Oberoesterreichischen Landesmuseen, Biologiezentrum Linz
• Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility, Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds
• Canadian Museum of Nature, Canadian Museum of Nature Bird Collection
• European Environment Agency, EUNIS
• GBIF-Sweden, Bird Ringing Centre in Sweden
• Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, Bay of Fundy Species List
• Institute of Nature Conservation PAS, National System of Proetcted Areas
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• New Brunswick Museum, NBM birds
• UK National Biodiversity Network, Scottish Borders Biological Records Centre - SWT Scottish Borders Local Wildlife Site Survey data 1996-2000 - species information
• Upper Silesian Museum, Bytom, Upper Silesian Museum, Bird Observations

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3854319
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-175014
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13852038
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 175014
• IUCN ID: 47150
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 132783

Footnotes

1. Mean = 343.160 meters (1,125.853 feet), Standard Deviation = 184.500 based on 313 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]

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