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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 39. Chapters: Goose, Hawaiian Goose, Canada Goose, Snow Goose, Anser, Swan Goose, Barnacle Goose, Magpie Goose, Greylag Goose, Branta, Greater White-fronted Goose, Brant Goose, Cackling Goose, Bar-headed Goose, Day of the Geese, Pink-footed Goose, Egyptian Goose, Cape Barren Goose, Bean Goose, Domestic goose, Blue-winged Goose, N n -nui, Cotton Pygmy Goose, Cereopsis novaehollandiae grisea, Red-breasted Goose, Green Pygmy Goose, Lesser White-fronted Goose, Ross's Goose, Maria, Spur-winged Goose, Black brant, Aleutian Cackling Goose, Emperor Goose, Embden goose, Kelp Goose, Orinoco Goose, Ruddy-headed Goose, Cnemiornis, Chinese goose, Ashy-headed Goose, Upland Goose, African goose, Andean Goose, African Pygmy Goose, Sheldgoose, Whiffling. Excerpt: The Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) is a wild goose belonging to the genus Branta, which is native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, having a black head and neck, white patches on the face, and a brownish-gray body. The Canada Goose was one of the many species described by Carl Linnaeus in his 18th-century work Systema Naturae. It 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 specific epithet canadensis is a New Latin word meaning from Canada. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first citation for the 'Canada Goose' dates back to 1772. The Cackling Goose was formerly considered to be a set of subspecies of the Canada Goose. The Canada Goose is also referred to as the Canadian Goose. The Cackling Goose was originally considered to be the same species or a subspecies of the Canada Goose, but in July 2004 the American Ornithologists' Union's Committee on Classification and Nomenclature split the two into two species, making Cackling Goose into a full sp...

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