The continent’s geese include individuals from two genera (Anser, Branta), and seven species white-fronted, emperor, snow, Ross’s, brant, cackling, and Canada geese) that have been divided into at 24 northern and temperate-nesting populations included in the AGJV. Collectively, these populations constitute a natural resource of enormous social, economic, cultural, and recreational value.
Greater White-fronted Geese
Anser albifrons
- Midcontinent frontalis
- Tule elgasi
- Pacific frontalis
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Emperor Geese
Anser canagica
General Information
For general information on Emperor geese, see the following links:
- USFWS Emperor Goose FAQ
- Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds
- National Audubon Society
- Range Map
- Tracking Data from USGS Alaska Science Center: video animations
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Snow Geese
Anser caerulescens
- Greater atlantica
- Midcontinent caerulescens
- Western Arctic caerulescens
- Wrangel Island caerulescens
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Ross's Geese
Anser rossii
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Brant Geese
Branta bernicla
Eastern High Arctic hrota
Atlantic hrota
Western High Arctic hrota
Black Brant nigricans
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Cackling Geese
Branta hutchinsii
- Taverner’s taverneri
- Cackling minima
- Aleutian leucopareia
- Midcontinent hutchinsii
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Canada Geese
Branta canadensis
- North Atlantic canadensis
- Atlantic interior
- Southern Hudson Bay interior
- Dusky occidentalis
- Western Prairie interior
- Vancouver fulva
- Lesser parvipes
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