Introductory
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Branta canadensis | Canada Goose 



ABBREVIATION : 
BRCA

COMMON NAMES : 
   Canada goose
   cackling goose


TAXONOMY : 
The currently accepted scientific name for Canada goose is Branta
canadensis (Linnaeus) [17,21].  There are eleven subspecies of
Canada goose [1,14,20]:

B. canadensis ssp. moffitti - western or Great Basin Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. canadensis - Atlantic Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. interior - Hudson Bay, Todd, or interior Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. occidentalis - dusky Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. fulva - Vancouver or Queen Charlotte Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. maxima - giant Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. taverneri - Taverner's or Alaskan Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. hutchinsii - Richardson's or Baffin Island Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. parvipes - lesser or Athabasca Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. leucopareira - Aleutian Canada goose
B. canadensis ssp. minima - cackling Canada goose

The Canada goose hybridizes with the snow goose (Chen caerulescens) [21].


ORDER : 
Anseriformes

CLASS : 
Bird

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : 
Aleutian Canada goose is federally listed as threatened [21].

OTHER STATUS : 
Aleutian Canada goose is listed
as state endangered in Washington [22].


COMPILED BY AND DATE : 
S. A. Snyder, January 1993


LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : 
NO-ENTRY


AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : 
Snyder, S. A. 1993. Branta canadensis. In: Remainder of Citation

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