Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Anseriformes > Family Anatidae > Genus Branta

Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Anas Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branta*		accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas canadensis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: Canadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote Canadese gans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Canada goose sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

English-United States: Canada Goose sources: Charles Hussey

German: Kanadagans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Καναδική χήνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: oca del Canada sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Kanadinė berniklė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: kanadagås sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 123

Norwegian Nynorsk: kanadagås sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 123

Nynorsk (Norwegian): Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: bernikla kanadyjska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: канадская казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: Kanadska gos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: barnacla Canadiense sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Kanada kazı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Казарка канадська; Канадська казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwydd Canada

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Field Guide to Birds of North America 1983
additional source	Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
additional source	Peterson, R.T. and V.M. Peterson. 2002. A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Linkletter, L.E. 1977. A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68 p.
additional source	Squires, H.J. 1990. Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 221. 532 p.
additional source	Vanner, M. 2003. The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. Bath. 383 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C., V. Macías, and E. Velarde. 2009. Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1321–1342 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.
additional source	ITIS database

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (820 publications)
Barcode of Life (425 barcodes)
GenBank (273 nucleotides; 173 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159176

Drs Cees Roselaar. Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96482