Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a wild goose with a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, it is occasionally found in northern Europe, and has been introduced to other temperate regions. There are a number of subspecies.

Canada goose
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Conservation status
File:Status iucn3.1 LC.svg Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Anseriformes
Family:	Anatidae
Subfamily:	Anserinae
Tribe:	Anserini
Genus:	Branta
Species:	B. canadensis
Binomial name
Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
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Canada goose distribution

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Canada Goose Media

• Profile of a canada goose head, up close.

• Leucistic Canada goose

• A Canada Goose flying near Oceanville, New Jersey, USA.

• On Spokane River, Washington state

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  Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)

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  Flock swimming in Huntsville, Ontario

• Canada goose (Branta canadensis) in flight.jpg

  Canada goose in flight at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire

• Canada Geese, Heaton Park - geograph.org.uk - 490384.jpg

  Approaching to beg for food in a Manchester park, a learned behavior

• Canada goose (Branta canadensis), Lake Victoria, Christchurch, New Zealand 04.jpg

  Canada goose (Branta canadensis), Lake Victoria, Christchurch, New Zealand

• Canada goose (branta canadensis) cleaning feathers.jpg

  Bathing, Oxfordshire, England