Other uses pp move indef small yes Taxobox name Geese image Canada goose flight cropped and NR.jpg image width image caption Canada Goose , Branta canadensis br audio Geese Honking distant .ogg Distant ... of other birds, mostly related to the shelduck s, have goose as part of their name. More distantly ..., and duck s, which are smaller. Etymology File Canada goose gosling natures pics.jpg thumb left Canada Goose gosling The word goose is a direct descendant of Proto Indo European language Proto Indo European ... becoming Modern English goose , geese , and gander , respectively , New High German Gans , G nse ... language Irish g goose , from Old Irish g iss , Latin anser , Ancient Greek language Greek ch n ... goose applies to the female in particular while gander applies to the male in particular. Young ... genus genera of true geese Anser genus Anser , grey geese, including the domesticated goose and the Swan Goose Chen genus Chen , white geese often included in Anser and Branta , black geese, such as the Canada goose . File Geese flying near mount scott vertical.JPG thumb right Geese on Lake Lawtonka ... s or form a subfamily on their own Cereopsis , the Cape Barren Goose, and Cnemiornis , the prehistoric New Zealand Goose. Either these or, more probably, the goose like Coscoroba Swan is the closest ... in the Miocene . The aptly named Anser atavus meaning Great great great grandfather goose from some ... goose like birds known from subfossil remains found on the Hawaiian Islands . Geese are monogamous ... accessdate November 2008 ref Other birds called geese File Greylag Goose in St James s Park, London May 2006.jpg thumb Greylag Goose at St. James s Park , London File Cereopsis novaehollandiae 2.jpg thumb Cape Barren Goose There are a number of mainly southern hemisphere birds called geese , most of which belong to the shelduck subfamily Tadorninae . These are Orinoco Goose , Neochen jubata Egyptian Goose , Alopochen aegyptiacus The South American sheldgoose sheldgeese , genus Chloephaga The Late ... more details
unreferenced date March 2010 Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name The Goose Cover Caption Artist Parliament band Parliament from Album Up for the Down Stroke A side The Goose Part 1 B side The Goose Part 2 Released 1974 in music 1974 Format 7 Vinyl record vinyl Recorded Genre Funk br R&B Length 9 09 album version Label Casablanca Records Casablanca br small NEB 0003 small Writer George Clinton funk musician George Clinton br Eddie Hazel Producer George Clinton Certification Chart position Last single This single Next single Misc The Goose is a song by the funk band Parliament band Parliament . It was released as a two part Single music single , the group s first on their new label Casablanca Records . It was also a track on their 1974 in music 1974 album Up for the Down Stroke . The song failed to chart. Like Testify Parliament song Testify , The Goose was borrowed from the repertoire of bandleader and Record producer producer George Clinton funk musician George Clinton s earlier doo wop group The Parliaments . The lyrics use the story of The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs the goose that laid the golden eggs as an eccentric metaphor for romantic attachment, an early instance of the references to fairy tale s and nursery rhyme s that would continue in Parliament s later releases. This song was covered by the funk rock band Fishbone and is included on their 1996 compilation album Fishbone 101 Nuttasaurusmeg Fossil Fuelin the Fonkay . DEFAULTSORT Goose, The Category Parliament songs Category 1974 singles Category Songs written by George Clinton musician Category Songs written by Eddie Hazel Category Casablanca Records singles 1970s R&B song stub 1970s single stub ... more details
other uses Infobox given name name Brent image imagesize caption pronunciation gender Male meaning region origin obscure see article related names footnotes Brent is an Old English language Old English place name and surname. The place name can be from Celtic languages Celtic words meaning holy one if it refers to the River Brent , or high place, literally, from a steep hill if it refers to the villages in Somerset, England Somerset and Devon, England Mills 1991 . The surname often indicates that one s ancestors lived in a place called Brent. Brent has also become a regularly used given name in some countries, being among the thousand most common names for boys born in the United States since 1933. ref cite web title Popular baby names url http www.ssa.gov OACT babynames publisher SSA accessdate 27 December 2011 ref When used as a given name today, Brent is sometimes a short form of Brenton , but this was probably not the original inspiration for Brent s use as a given name, since Brenton s own regular use as a first name came many years after Brent was established in that role. ref cite book last Evans first Cleveland Kent title The great big book of baby names year 2006 publisher Publications International location Lincolnwood, Ill. isbn 1 4127 1300 5 ref References Reflist refbegin Hanks, P. & Hodges, F. 1988 . A dictionary of surnames. New York Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 211592 8. Mills, A. D. 1991 . A dictionary of British place names. New York Oxford University Press. ISBN 0 19 869156 4. refend Surname Given name Category Surnames derived from toponyms it Brent nome ... more details
, 10th edition of Systema Naturae 1758 The Brant or BrentGoose , Branta bernicla , is a species of goose of the genus Branta . The Black Brant is an American subspecies. The Binomial nomenclature specific descriptor bernicla is from the same source as barnacle in Barnacle Goose , which looks ... date accessdate 2011 10 18 ref ref cite web url http www.oiseaux birds.com card brent goose.html title BrentGoose publisher Oiseaux birds.com date accessdate 2011 10 18 ref ref name CRC CRC Handbook ... . Status of BrentGoose in northwestern Yakutia, East Siberia. Brit. Birds 91 565 572. Further reading Identification Ebels, E. B. 1997 Identification of brent geese a new feature. Dutch Birding 19 ... species species.asp?sp 027030 BirdGuides BrentGoose Page http www.rspb.org.uk birds ..., Germany west, Jersey http ibc.lynxeds.com species brentgoose branta bernicla BrentGoose videos ... system iucn3.1 image Brent Goose.jpg image width 240px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate ... at the Wadden Sea, Germany The Brant Goose is a small goose long and with a short, stubby bill. It measures ... tail is pure white, and the tail black and very short the shortest of any goose . The species is divided three subspecies Dark bellied Brant Goose Branta bernicla bernicla Linnaeus, 1758 Pale bellied Brant Goose Branta bernicla hrota Otto Friedrich M ller M ller , 1776 sometimes also known as Light bellied Brant Goose in Europe, and Atlantic Brant in North America Black Brant Branta bernicla ... . The Pale bellied Brant Goose appears blackish brown and light grey in colour. The body is different ... Brant Goose has been proposed, although no formal subspecies description has been made as yet ... subspecies, it is actually a result of interbreeding between these two forms. Habitat Image BrentGoose defensive position.jpg thumb A Brant Goose in a defensive position It used to be a strictly ... and down, in an elevated location, often in a small pond. The Brant Goose is one of the species ... more details
Goose Island may refer to Places in Australia Goose Island South Australia Goose Island Tasmania Little Goose Island Tasmania Inner Little Goose Island Goose Island Western Australia , two islands Places in Canada Goose Islands Lake Nipissing Goose Island British Columbia Goose Island Lake Ontario Places in the United States Goose Island Connecticut Goose Island District of Columbia Goose Island Chicago , Illinois Goose Island Brewery , brewery named after the Chicago island Goose Island Maryland Goose Island Montana , an island in Flathead Lake Goose Island, New York Goose Island New York Goose Island, The Bronx, New York Goose Island, Westchester County, New York Goose Island, Oregon Goose Island State Park , state park near Rockport, Texas Goose Island San Juan Islands , Washington geodis de Goose Island ... more details
Goose Bay may refer to Happy Valley Goose Bay , Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Goose Bay Newfoundland and Labrador , Canada disambig fr Goose Bay ... more details
flocks of Barnacle Goose Barnacle , BrentGooseBrent and White fronted Goose Greenland White fronted ...about species of goose the novella by Paul Gallico The Snow Goose the Camel album Music Inspired by The Snow Goose album Taxobox name Snow Goose image Chen caerulescens 32398.JPG image caption C. c. caerulescens ... Snow Goose Linnaeus, 1758 small C. c. atlanticus small Greater Snow Goose Frederic Kennard Kennard ... range map width 250px range map caption Blue breeding ground. Ochre wintering ground. The Snow Goose Chen caerulescens , also known as the Blue Goose , is a North America n species of goose . Its ... of placing these species in the gray goose genus Anser genus Anser . ref name ADW http animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu ... Diversity ref unreliable source date November 2011 This goose breeds north of the timberline in Greenland ... in foreground, North Glengarry, Ontario Alexandria , Ontario The Snow Goose has two color polymorphism ... et al. 2000 ref The smaller subspecies, the Lesser Snow Goose C. c. caerulescens , lives from central northern Canada to the Bering Straits area. The Lesser Snow Goose stands convert 25 to 31 in cm tall and weighs convert 4.5 to 6.0 lb kg . The larger subspecies, the Greater Snow Goose C. c. atlanticus ... with their family until they are 2 to 3 years old. Where Snow Geese and Ross s Goose ... hybrids with the Greater White fronted Goose , Canada Goose , and Cackling Goose have been observed. ref name Mowbray et al. 2000 Population The breeding population of the Lesser Snow Goose exceeds ... Snow Goose population indices are the highest they have been since population records have been ... areas to the tundra. The Lesser Snow Goose travels through the Central Flyway , across some of the richest ... the upper limit to goose populations. Now, the abundance of waste agricultural grain has provided Snow .... Snow Geese often travel and feed alongside Greater White fronted Goose Greater White fronted Geese ... goose snow goose Duck Duck Goose Snow Goose . Birders Lounge. March 3, 2009. ref ref name Thiscitation ... more details
Goose Creek may refer to the following places in the United States Water bodies Goose Creek Florida , a Florida creek, site of an American Civil War skirmish Goose Creek River Raisin , in Michigan Goose Creek North Carolina , a tidal creek in North Carolina a wide tributary of the Pamlico River Goose Creek State Park in North Carolina Goose Creek Potomac River , a meandering watercourse in northern Virginia and the site of an 1863 American Civil War skirmish during the Gettysburg Campaign Goose Creek Snake River in Nevada, Utah, and Idaho Goose Creek , later renamed Tiber Creek in Washington, D.C. Goose Creek , later renamed Toms River in New Jersey Communities Goose Creek, Kentucky , a city in Jefferson County Goose Creek, Louisville , a neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky Goose Creek, South Carolina , located just outside of Charleston also the location of a U.S. Navy Weapons Station Goose Creek, Texas , a former town in Texas that became part of modern Baytown Other Goose Creek Symphony , an American rock band Goose Creek Oil Field , one of major oil fields that created the Texas Oil Boom See also lookfrom Goose Creek disambig nl Goose Creek pl Goose Creek pt Goose Creek sv Goose Creek vo Goose Creek ... more details
Goose Lake may refer to Canada Goose Lake Cape Breton , Nova Scotia Goose Lakes , Halifax, Nova Scotia Goose Lake Argyle , Nova Scotia Goose Lake Barrington , Nova Scotia Goose Lake District of Chester , Nova Scotia Goose Lake Cumberland , Nova Scotia Goose Lake Guysborough , Nova Scotia Goose Lake Yarmouth , Nova Scotia Russia Goose Lake Russia , Buryatia United States There are 186 water features named Goose Lake in the United States. ref cite web url http geonames.usgs.gov pls gnispublic title Query Form For The United States And Its Territories publisher U.S. Geological Survey USGS Geographic Names Information System accessdate 2008 07 28 ref Goose Lake Anchorage , Alaska Goose Lake Hoonah Angoon , Alaska Goose Lake Kenai Peninsula , Alaska Goose Lake Lake and Peninsula , Alaska Goose Lake Kern County California Goose Lake Oregon California Anderson Goose Lake , Iowa Other places Goose Lake, Iowa , a town in the United States References reflist geodis pl Goose Lake ... more details
Goose River may refer to in Russia Gus River , Russian , lit. Goose , a river in Vladimir and Ryazan Oblasts in the United States Goose River Belfast Bay Goose River Rockport Harbor Goose River North Dakota , a river in Grand Forks County and Traill County of North Dakota disambig ... more details
Blue goose or Blue Goose may refer to Snow Goose , a North American species of goose Blue winged Goose , an Ethiopian goose Blue Goose Records Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International , a fraternal and charitable organization A nickname of the 4 6 4 locomotive leading the Chief passenger train A nickname of the personal Mercedes Benz 540K Blue Goose Mercedes Benz 540K of Herman Goering A nickname of the building constituting the Marymount University Ballston Center Ballston campus of Marymount University It is also the name the US Security Services use for the Presidential Podium. It is carried with the president from country to country. disambig de Blue Goose ... more details
Grey Goose may refer to Grey goose , a bird Grey Goose vodka , a brand of vodka distilled in Cognac, France from French wheat Grey Goose folk song Grey Goose folk song , a traditional American folk song, recorded by Lead Belly and later by British Sea Power as a b side to their 2005 single Please Stand Up Grey Goose Bus Lines , a subsidiary of Greyhound Canada Grey Goose band , a band from Gainesville, Florida Grey Goose Music, a recording and music publishing company named after the Grey Goose folk song folk song disambig ... more details
wiktionary gooseGoose may refer to Birds One of several wild bird species in the family Anatidae Goose , birds in the subfamily Anserinae of the Anatidae Magpie Goose , bird in the closely related family Anseranatidae Pygmy goose , birds in the genus Nettapus in the subfamily Anatinae Spur winged Goose ... Domestic goose , domesticated varieties of either Greylag Goose or Swan Goose Aircraft Grumman Goose , American amphibian flying boat Quikkit Glass Goose , two seat biplane amphibious aircraft marketed for homebuilding MMIST CQ 10 Snowgoose , a cargo delivery unmanned aerial vehicle Spruce Goose ... company, USA XSM 73 Goose , American decoy cruise missile Food Colonial goose , method of preparing roast leg of lamb in Australian and New Zealand cuisine Roast goose , dish in Chinese and German cuisine Media Blue Goose Records , record label De Wild Goose Nation , American song composed by Dan Emmett Father Goose disambiguation Garfield Goose and Friends , American children s television show The Golden Goose , Brothers Grimm fairy tale The Goose, a character from the television show Just Jordan The Goose , song by funk band Parliament Goose Creek Symphony , American rock band The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs , one of many fables attributed to Aesop Goose on the Loose , 2006 film Goose band , Belgian electro rock band The Goose Girl , Brothers Grimm fairy tale The Goose Girl at the Well , German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 179 The Goose Girl novel , fantasy novel by Shannon Hale The Goose Girl painting , 1891 painting by Adolphe William Bouguereau, a French academic painter Goose Lane Editions , Canadian book publishing company founded in 1954 in Fredericton, New Brunswick The Goose Steps Out , British comedy film released in 1942 The Goose Step book , book by Upton Sinclair Gus Goose , fictional goose created by the Walt Disney studios He Cooked His Goose , 140th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges Little ... more details
Father Goose may refer to Father Goose His Book , by L. Frank Baum , or the character of that name in his other works Father Goose , a book by Chapman Mortimer that won the 1951 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction Father Goose film Father Goose film , an unrelated 1964 movie starring Cary Grant and Leslie Caron Father Goose , a pen name used by writer Charles Ghigna disambig ... more details
File lands g ssen.jpg thumb 300px A flock of land Goose The land Goose is a breed of domestic geese originating in land island in Sweden . Origin land goose is a landrace which was kept in land and G taland . It was standardised in 1920 s. The breed was nearly extinct at the 1970 s. Nowadays there is 111 registered animal in Sweden. ref cite web url http www.kackel.se lantras gass.html title land Goose publisher Swedish society of old native poultry year 2011 accessdate 2011 09 29 ref Description The plumage is pied white and brown grey. land goose is generally weighing between 4,5 5,5 kg male and 4 5 kilos female . References references See also List of goose breeds DEFAULTSORT Oland Goose Category Goose breeds originating in Sweden Category Goose breeds sv landsg s goose stub ... more details
File Sk neg s.jpg thumb 300px Scania Goose The Scania Goose Sk neg s is a breed of domestic geese originating in Scania in Sweden . Origin Scania goose is a landrace around Vomb and Hunneberga city in Scania . It was standardised in 1920s. There are 172 registered animal in Sweden. ref cite web url http www.kackel.se lantras gass.html title Scania Goose publisher Swedish society of old native poultry year 2011 accessdate 2011 09 29 ref Description Scania goose is a large breed similar to Pomeranian Goose . The plumage is pied white and brown grey. Gander s weight is 7 11 kg, female weights 6.5 8 kg. They lay around 20 30 40 eggs. Egg weighs 200 g. References references See also List of goose breeds Category Goose breeds originating in Sweden Category Goose breeds sv Sk neg s goose stub ... more details
The Vi tin s goose Lithuanian language Lithuanian Vi tin s sys is a breed of domestic goose originating in Lithuania . The Vi tin s goose was created by crossing ancient local gooses with East Prussian Goose , Embden Goose , and partly Pomeranian Goose in the first half of the 20th century. There were two local selected goose breed s Vi tin s Goose and Flock Goose. Flock gooses died out as a breed. ref cite web url http www.zum.lt agroweb goose.htm title Lithuanian Animal Genetic Resources publisher accessdate 2010 12 18 ref Vi tin s goose is generally weighing between 6 7 kg male and 5 6 kilos female . They become adult when 310 320 days old. They lay around 20 40 eggs, each weighing 170 180 g. ref cite web url http pauksciuukis.webs.com zasys.htm title Lithuanian Vi tin s Goose Lietuvos vi tin s sys publisher accessdate 2010 12 18 ref References reflist See also List of goose breeds DEFAULTSORT Vistines Goose Category Animal breeds originating in Lithuania Category Goose breeds poultry stub cs Vi tinsk husa sk Vi tinsk hus ... more details
Taxobox name Barnacle Goose status LC status system iucn3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2004 id 47150 title Branta leucopsis downloaded 11 May 2006 ref image Branta leucopsis standing in a field 8.jpg image width regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Anseriformes familia Anatidae subfamilia Anserinae tribus Anserini genus Branta species B. leucopsis binomial Branta leucopsis binomial authority w Johann Matth us Bechstein Bechstein , 1803 The Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis belongs to the genus Branta of black goose geese , which contains species with largely black plumage , distinguishing them from the grey Anser genus Anser species. Despite its superficial similarity to the BrentGoose , Genetics genetic analysis has shown it is an eastern derivative of the Cackling Goose lineage. Taxonomy and naming The Barnacle Goose was first ... originally referred only to this species of goose and only later to the crustacean barnacle s. It is sometimes ... Description Image BrantaLeucopsisFilghtB.jpg thumb left In flight The Barnacle Goose is a medium sized goose, convert 55 70 cm in abbr on long, ref cite book title Wildfowl of the World first1 Eric ... The Barnacle Goose is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African ... of Barnacle Goose was long surrounded with a legend claiming that they were born of driftwood blockquote ..., who were thus enabled to claim the abundant barnacle goose as a fish in its nature and origin rather ... clerics considered Barnacle Goose flesh to be acceptable fasting fast day food, a practice that was criticized ... Barnacle Goose http www.rspb.org.uk birds guide b barnaclegoose index.asp RSPB A to Z of UK Birds http ibc.lynxeds.com species barnacle goose branta leucopsis Barnacle Goose videos, photos & sounds on the Internet Bird Collection DEFAULTSORT Goose, Barnacle Category Geese Barnacle Goose Category Branta Barnacle Goose Category Birds of Europe Category Birds of Turkey Category Birds of Russia ... more details
orphan date October 2009 The Alsatian Goose , or L oie d Alsace , is a breed of goose developed in the Alsace Region of France. This is a small goose breed used primarily to develop fatty livers by forced feeding. Geese selected for this purpose have shorter legs and wider bodies, allowing development of internal organs, especially the liver. This is the process used for making P t de Foie Gras . Geese not deemed usable for this process can be roasted or used for other recipes. References http pagesperso orange.fr volaillepoultry oiefranc2.html French geese breeds Category Animal breeds originating in France Category Goose breeds poultry stub goose stub ... more details
The familiar figure of Mother Goose is an imaginary author of a collection of fairy tale s and nursery ... 2010 7 15. ref which are often published as Mother Goose Rhymes . As a character, she appears in one nursery rhyme . ref Margaret Lima Norgaard, Mother Goose , Encyclopedia Americana 1987 see, for instance ... pantomime called Mother Goose is often performed in the United Kingdom . The so called Mother Goose rhymes and stories have formed the basis for many classic British pantomimes. Mother Goose is generally ... depicted as a goose usually wearing a Bonnet headgear bonnet . Identity Mother Goose is the name ..., The Development of Mother Goose in Britain in the Nineteenth Century Folklore 101 .1 1990 28 35 p ... Storm petrel and the Tudor period prophetess Mother Shipton . ref Mother Goose is credited with the Mother Goose stories and rhymes yet no specific writer has ever been identified with such a name ... Bracy in Encyclopedia Americana , s.v. Mother Goose 1965 512 , according to http www.nanzan u.ac.jp ... Oye in original ...like a Mother Goose story shows that the term was already familiar. Other references ... Goose Grave Boston.jpg thumb right Mary Goose s gravestone in Granary Burying Ground is shown to tourists in Boston , Massachusetts In spite of evidence to the contrary, ref Mother Goose Longevity ... reports, familiar to tourists to Boston , Massachusetts that the original Mother Goose was a Bostonian wife of an Isaac Goose, either named Elizabeth Foster Goose 1665 1758 or Mary Goose ... inscribed Mary Goose ref According to Eleanor Early, a Boston travel and history writer of the 1930s and 40s, the original Mother Goose was a real person who lived in Boston in the 1660s. ref Eleanor Early s material was drawn from The New York Times Mother Goose , 20 October 1886 http query.nytimes.com .... ref She was reportedly the second wife of Isaac Goose alternatively named Vergoose or Vertigoose ... who lived on Pudding Lane now Devonshire Street . According to Early, Mother Goose used to sing ... more details
Goose Lake refers to several lakes in close vicinity in Halifax County, Nova Scotia Halifax County , Nova Scotia , Canada . The lakes are located at coord 44 42 0 N 63 1 55 W name Goose Lake scale 10000 type waterbody region CA NS coord 44 42 0 N 63 19 55 W name Goose Lake scale 10000 type waterbody region CA NS coord 44 43 0 N 63 11 55 W name Goose Lake scale 10000 type waterbody region CA NS coord 44 50 0 N 63 4 58 W name Goose Lake scale 10000 type waterbody region CA NS HalifaxNS geo stub Category Lakes of Nova Scotia ... more details
Use dmy dates date October 2011 Colonial goose is a preparation of roast leg of Domestic sheep lamb or mutton popular as a dish in New Zealand until the last quarter of the 20th century. Early Colony colonial pioneers in New Zealand had sheep aplenty, but goose was relatively scarce. To prepare dishes similar to those they had back home in England the old country the pioneers were very inventive. Colonial goose is now a recognised classic, with some restaurants featuring it as a main attraction at Winter solstice midwinter festivities 21 June in New Zealand . It involves the careful boning out a leg of lamb, stuffing it with honey and dried apricots , in addition to traditional stuffing based on breadcrumb s, onion , parsley and thyme or Salvia officinalis sage and then marination marinating it in a red wine based marinade which even gives it the appearance of goose when cooked. External links http en.wikibooks.org wiki Cookbook Colonial Goose Colonial goose recipe at Wikibooks Cookbook Category New Zealand cuisine Category Lamb dishes ar es Colonial Goose ... more details
Taxobox name Cackling Goose status LC status system IUCN3.1 image AleutianCanadaGoose2.jpg image caption Aleutian Cackling Goose br Branta hutchinsii leucopareia regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata .... h. hutchinsii br small Richardson s Cackling Goose Richardson, 1832 small B. h. asiatica br small Bering Cackling Goose John W. Aldrich Aldrich , 1946 disputed extinct small B. h. leucopareia br small Aleutian Cackling Goose Johann Friedrich von Brandt Brandt , 1836 small B. h. taverneri br small Taverner s Cackling Goose Jean Th odore Delacour Delacour , 1951 small B. h. minima br small Small Cackling Goose Robert Ridgway Ridgway , 1885 small The Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii is a North America n bird of the genus Branta of black goose geese , which contains species with largely black plumage ... chinstrap distinguish this goose from all except the larger Canada Goose Branta canadensis and the similarly sized Barnacle Goose B. leucopsis . There are up to 5 subspecies of Cackling Goose, of varying sizes and plumage details. Some are hard to distinguish from the Canada Goose, with which the Cackling Goose was long assumed to form one species, the Cackling Goose and the smaller Canada Goose subspecies being called the Lesser Canada Goose. The smallest 1.4 kg Cackling Geese B. h. minima are much smaller than any Canada Goose, but the subspecies B. h. hutchinsii , at up to 3 kg ... Islands Komandorski and Kuril Islands B. h. asiatica is controversial. The Barnacle Goose differs ... that they disappeared around 1929. File Small Cackling Goose Brood.jpg thumb left B. h. minima family Systematics The Cackling Goose was originally considered to be the same species or a subspecies of the Canada Goose , but in July 2004 the American Ornithologists Union s AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature split the two into two species, making Cackling Goose into a full species with the scientific ... assigned Richardson s Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii hutchinsii Aleutian Cackling Goose Branta ... more details
Other uses Goose disambiguation Taxobox name Ross s Goose image Anser rossii California, USA 8a.jpg image caption Juvenile Ross s Goose in California, USA image width 250px status LC status system IUCN3.1 regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Anseriformes familia Anatidae subfamilia Anserinae tribus Anserini genus Chen genus Chen species C. rossii binomial Chen rossii binomial authority John Cassin Cassin , 1861 synonyms Anser rossii The Ross s Goose Chen rossii or Anser rossii is a North America n species of goose . The American Ornithologists Union places this species and the other two white geese in the genus Chen rather than the more traditional grey goose genus Anser genus Anser . This goose breeds in northern Canada , mainly in the Queen Maud Gulf Migratory Bird Sanctuary , ref http www.pc.gc.ca progs amnc nmca systemplan itm1 arc5 E.asp Queen Maud Gulf ref and winters much further south in the continent in the southern United States and occasionally northern Mexico . The plumage of this species is white except for black wing tips. It is similar in appearance to a white polymorphism biology phase Snow Goose but approximately 40 smaller. Other differences from the Snow Goose are that the bill is smaller in proportion to its body and lacks black lips . The dark phase is extremely rare. The Ross s Goose is a rare vagrant to Western Europe , but it is commonly kept in wildfowl collections and so the true frequency of wild birds is hard to ascertain ... such as Canada Goose , Greylag Goose and Barnacle Goose . However, individuals or small groups that seemed ... year 2000 isbn 0 679 45122 6 External links commons Anser rossii Ross s Goose http www.mbr pwrc.usgs.gov id framlst i1700id.html Ross s Goose Chen rossii USGS Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter http www.birds.cornell.edu AllAboutBirds BirdGuide Rosss Goose.html Ross s Goose Cornell Lab of Ornithology http www.sdakotabirds.com species ross goose info.htm Ross s Goose Information and Photos ... more details
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