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Canada Goose
Branta canadensis · Family Anatidae
Branta canadensis
Family Anatidae
- Order
- Anseriformes
- Family
- Anatidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 25,804,016
- Countries and territories with records
- 79
About this species
This species has 25,804,016 occurrence records from 79 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (74.4%), Canada (14.5%), Sweden (3.4%), the United Kingdom (2.6%) and Belgium (1.5%); together they account for 96.4% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 1.7% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Branta canadensis combines the genus name Branta with the species epithet canadensis. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Branta; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Branta leucopsis, Branta bernicla and Branta hutchinsii.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 162 species of the family Anatidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Anas platyrhynchos. Its record count is 20.3 times the family average (1,269,675). The family Anatidae belongs to the order Anseriformes, which has 166 species in the Warbla app catalog.