🐾 Canada Goose

Branta canadensis · wildlife atlas entry

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The Canada goose ( Branta canadensis ) is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, its migration occasionally reaches northern Europe. It has been introduced to the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; it tends to be found on... Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.

Record card

Scientific name	Branta canadensis
Rank	species
Community observations	492,691 research-grade records on iNaturalist

Classification

kingdom Animalia › phylum Chordata › class Aves › order Anseriformes › family Anatidae

Seen in the wild — community photographs

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-23 · Exceat, Seaford BN25 4AB, UK
(c) somebodyelse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Shirley, Solihull B90 4SH, UK
(c) natros01, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-29 · Lennox and Addington, CA-ON, CA
(c) mhalsted, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-29 · Lennox and Addington, CA-ON, CA
(c) mhalsted, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2025-08-25 · Campus Pl, Calgary, AB, CA
(c) Simran Kaur, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-28 · Lennox and Addington, CA-ON, CA
(c) mhalsted, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-08-28 · Lennox and Addington, CA-ON, CA
(c) mhalsted, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

Canada Goose photograph by the iNaturalist community — 2026-10-23 · Orange County, CA, USA
(c) kimberly_d17, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) · cc-by-nc

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