Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Galloanserae > Superorder Anserimorphae > Order Anseriformes > Suborder Anseri > Superfamily Anatoidea > Family Anatidae > Genus Branta

Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Branta*	Scopoli, 1769	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Anas canadensis*	Linnaeus, 1758	objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Danish: Canadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: grote Canadese gans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: Canada goose sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Kanadagans sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Καναδική χήνα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: ברנטה sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Italian: oca del Canada sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Kanadinė berniklė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: bernikla kanadyjska sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: канадская казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: Kanadska gos sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: barnacla Canadiense sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: Kanadagås sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: Kanada kazı sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Казарка канадська; Канадська казарка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: gwydd Canada

Literature

basis of record	Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p.
additional source	Linkletter, L. E. (1977). A checklist of marine fauna and flora of the Bay of Fundy. Huntsman Marine Laboratory, St. Andrews, N.B. 68: p.
additional source	Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. Paragon Publishing. 1-383.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 221: 532 p.
additional source	Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. Fifth Edition. Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p.
additional source	King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.
additional source	Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. Pp. 1321–1342.
additional source	Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p.