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The snow goose is now placed in the genus Anser that was introduced by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. [7] [8] The scientific name is from the Latin anser, "goose", and caerulescens, "bluish", derived from caeruleus, "dark blue". [9] The snow goose is the sister species to Ross's goose (Anser rossii). [10]
It is similar in appearance to a white-phase snow goose, but about 40% smaller. Other differences from the snow goose are that the bill is smaller in proportion to its body and lacks "black lips". Like snow geese, Ross's geese may exhibit a darker "blue" phase or morph, though this is extremely rare (<0.01% of adult birds). [2]
Blue goose or Blue Goose may refer to: Blue Goose, a presidential lectern of the United States; 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
Snow geese have been swarming into the 7,500-acre Missouri refuge in recent weeks, photos shared on the refuge’s Facebook show. Snow geese stop at the refuge as they migrate north for spring.
In total, across the Merced County refuges and including state wildlife areas and public lands, about 1½ million ducks and geese will make the trip to spend the winter. “It’s really special ...
Cackling goose: Branta hutchinsii (Richardson, 1832) 16 Bar-headed goose: Anser indicus (Latham, 1790) 17 Emperor goose: Anser canagicus (Sevastianov, 1802) 18 Ross's goose: Anser rossii Cassin, 1861: 19 Snow goose: Anser caerulescens (Linnaeus, 1758) 20 Greylag goose: Anser anser (Linnaeus, 1758) 21 Swan goose: Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758 ...
The word "goose" is a direct descendant of Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns.In Germanic languages, the root gave Old English gōs with the plural gēs and gandra (becoming Modern English goose, geese, gander, respectively), West Frisian goes, gies and guoske, Dutch: gans, New High German Gans, Gänse, and Ganter, and Old Norse gās and gæslingr, whence English gosling.
Bar-headed goose (stripgås), Anser indicus (A) Snow goose (snögås), Anser caerulescens (A) Graylag goose (grågås), Anser anser; Greater white-fronted goose (bläsgås), Anser albifrons; Lesser white-fronted goose (fjällgås), Anser erythropus; Taiga bean-goose (sädgås), Anser fabalis; Tundra bean-goose (tundrasädgås), Anser serrirostris