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Barnacle Goose [Branta leucopsis]
The Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey Anser species. Despite its superficial similarity to the Brent Goose, genetic analysis h...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/barnacle_goose/ - Last revised: May 30, 2023
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Brant [Branta bernicla]
The Brent Goose (Branta bernicla), a goose of the genus Branta, is known in North America as Brant. The spelling "Brant" is the original one, with "Brent" being a later folk-etymological idea that it was derived from a classical Greek waterbird name brent...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/brant/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Cackling Goose [Branta hutchinsii]
The Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii), colloquially (and incorrectly) Lesser or Small Canada/Canadian Goose in North America, belongs to the genus Branta of black geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/cackling_goose/ - Last revised: Jan 02, 2022
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Canada Goose [Branta canadensis]
The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), also referred to in North America as the Canadian Goose, belongs to the Branta genus of geese, which contains species with largely black plumage, distinguishing them from the grey species of the Anser genus.The black...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/canada_goose/ - Last revised: May 30, 2023
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Emperor Goose [Chen canagica]
The Emperor Goose (Chen canagica) is a species of goose. It breeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, USA, but also in Kamchatka, Russia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in the Aleutian Islands. The American Ornithologists' Union places this speci...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/emperor_goose/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Graylag Goose [Anser anser]
The Greylag Goose (also spelled Graylag in the United States), Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser. It was in pre-Linnean times known as the Wild Goose ("Anser ferus"). This species is the a...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/graylag_goose/ - Last revised: May 30, 2023
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Greater White-fronted Goose [Anser albifrons]
The Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) is a goose species closely related to the smaller Lesser White-fronted Goose (A. erythropus). In Europe it has been known as simply "White-fronted Goose"; in North America it is known as the Greater White-...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/greater_white_fronted_goose/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Greylag Goose [Anser anser]
The Greylag Goose, Anser anser, is a bird with a wide range in the Old World. It is the type species of the genus Anser.It was in pre-Linnean times known as the Wild Goose ("Anser ferus"). This species is the ancestor of domesticated geese in Europe and N...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/greylag_goose/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Hawai'ian Goose
The Hawaiian Goose or Nene, Branta sandvicensis, is a species of goose endemic to the Hawaiian Islands. It shares a recent common ancestor with Branta canadensis, the Canada Goose. The official bird of the State of Hawaii'i, the Nene is exclusively found...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/hawaiian_goose/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Mute Swan [Cygnus olor]
Binomial name Cygnus olor (Gmelin, 1789) Synonyms Anas olor Gmelin, 1789 Cygnus olor immutabilis var. Sthenelides olor, Cygnus paloregonus, no subspecies. The Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) is a Eurasian member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. A...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/mute_swan/ - Last revised: May 30, 2023
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Ross's Goose [Chen rossii]
The Ross's Goose (Chen rossii or Anser rossii) is a North American 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.This goo...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/rosss_goose/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Snow Goose [Chen caerulescens]
Snow Goose (Chen caerulescens) is a North American species of goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The genus of this bird is disputed. The American Ornithologists' Union and BirdLife International for example place this species and th...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/snow_goose/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Taiga Bean-Goose [Anser fabalis]
The Bean Goose is a medium to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia. It has been split into two species by the AOU (2007) and the BOU (year?)--see below. It is migratory and winters further south in Europe and Asia. The bill is black at the bas...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/taiga_bean_goose/ - Last revised: Oct 30, 2017
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Trumpeter Swan [Cygnus buccinator]
Binomial name Cygnus buccinator Richardson, 1832 The Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator, is the largest native North American bird, if measured in terms of weight and length, and is (on average) the largest waterfowl species on earth. Males typically measu...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/trumpeter_swan/ - Last revised: Oct 02, 2019
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Tundra Bean-Goose [Anser serrirostris]
The Bean Goose is a medium to large goose breeding in northern Europe and Asia. It has been split into two species by the AOU (2007) and the BOU (year?)--see below. It is migratory and winters further south in Europe and Asia. The bill is black at the bas...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/tundra_bean_goose/ - Last revised: Mar 11, 2023
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Tundra Swan [Cygnus columbianus]
Binomial name Cygnus columbianus (Ord, 1815) Subspecies Cygnus columbianus bewickii (Yarrell, 1830) Cygnus columbianus columbianus (Ord, 1815) Synonyms Anas columbianus Ord, 1815 Cygnus bewickii Cygnus bewickii jankowski (lapsus) Cygnus bewickii jankowski...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/tundra_swan/ - Last revised: Dec 01, 2022
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Whooper Swan [Cygnus cygnus]
The Whooper Swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a large Northern Hemisphere swan. It is the Old World counterpart of the North American Trumpeter Swan. Description The Whooper Swan is similar in appearance to the Bewick's Swan. However, it is larger, at a length of 1...
http://www.kiwifoto.com/galleries/birds/whooper_swan/ - Last revised: Mar 10, 2025
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