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Snow goose
Anser caerulescens · Family Anatidae
Anser caerulescens
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,452,533
- Countries and territories with records
- 59
About this species
This species has 1,452,533 occurrence records from 59 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (73.9%) and Canada (23.5%); together they account for 97.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.096% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Anser caerulescens combines the genus name Anser with the species epithet caerulescens. The Warbla app catalog lists 11 species of the genus Anser; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Anser anser, Anser albifrons and Anser brachyrhynchus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 34th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is close to the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.