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Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima]

Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima] (= Branta canadensis moffitti) Aldrich, JW 1946




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Classification
Order:
  Anseriformes
Family:
  Anatidae
Genus:
   Branta
Scientific:
  Branta canadensis moffitti


Original description

Citation:
  Aldrich, JW 1946

Reference:
   Wilson Bull. 58, no.2 p.97

Protonym:
  Branta canadensis moffitti

Type locality:
  Blue Lake, near Coulee City, Washington.

Link:
  https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v058n02/p0094-p0103.pdf


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D44C5CFA0A06C201

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D44C5CFA

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D44C5CFA


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 175003

Geographic range:

  • Branta canadensis moffitti: northern Great Plains, Great Basin, and southern Canada; southward in winter; introduced widely
  • Branta canadensis maxima: formerly Great Plains; now widely reestablished
English:
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima]
Catalan:
Oca del Canadà (moffitti/maxima)
Czech:
berneška velká (ssp. moffitti/maxima)
Danish:
Canadagås (ssp. moffitti/maxima)
German:
Kanadagans (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish:
Barnacla Canadiense Grande (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish (Spain):
Barnacla canadiense grande (moffitti/maxima)
Finnish:
kanadanhanhi (moffitti/maxima)
French:
Bernache du Canada [moffitti ou maxima]
Icelandic:
Kanadagæs (moffitti/maxima)
Japanese (romaji):
kanadagan (moffitti/maxima)
Japanese:
カナダガン (亜種オオカナダガン)
Lithuanian:
Kanadinė berniklė (moffitti/maxima)
Dutch:
Grote Canadese Gans (moffitti/maxima)
Norwegian:
kanadagås (moffitti/maxima)
Polish:
bernikla kanadyjska (moffitti/maxima)
Portuguese (Portugal):
Ganso-do-canadá (moffitti/maxima)
Russian:
Канадская казарка (moffitti/maxima)
Slovak:
bernikla Moffitova (skup.)
Serbian:
Kanadska guska (moffitti/maxima)
Swedish:
kanadagås (moffitti/maxima)
Chinese:
加拿大黑雁 (moffitti/maxima)


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.):
Branta canadensis moffitti [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.):
Branta canadensis moffitti [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.):
Branta canadensis moffitti [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.):
Branta canadensis moffitti [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.):
Branta canadensis moffitti [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima] ( Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima])
eBird version 1.50:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima) ( Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Branta canadensis moffitti [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: subspecies group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Branta canadensis

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Asturian: Gansu canadianu (moffitti/maxima)
Bulgarian: Kанадска гъска (ssp. moffitti/maxima)
Catalan: Oca del Canadà (moffitti/maxima)
Czech: berneška velká (ssp. moffitti/maxima)
Danish: Canadagås (ssp. moffitti/maxima)
German: Kanadagans (moffitti/maxima), Moffits Kanadagans
Greek: Καναδέζικη Χήνα (moffitti/maxima)
English: Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima), Canada Goose [moffitti/maxima]
English, HBW: Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)
English (IOC): Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)
English (United States): Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish: Barnacla Canadiense Grande (moffitti/maxima), Ganso Canadiense Mayor (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish (Argentine): Ganso Canadiense (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish (Cuba): Ganso de Canadá (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish (Spain): Barnacla Canadiense Grande (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish (HBW): Canada Goose (moffitti/maxima)
Spanish (Mexico): Ganso Canadiense Mayor (moffitti/maxima)
Basque: Kanadako branta (moffitti/maxima)
Finnish: kanadanhanhi (moffitti/maxima)
French: Bernache du Canada (moffitti ou maxima), Bernache du Canada (moffitti), Bernache du Canada (race moffitti ou maxima), Bernache du Canada [moffitti ou maxima]
Galician: Ganso do Canadá (moffitti/maxima)
Icelandic: Kanadagæs (moffitti/maxima)
Japanese (romaji): kanadagan (moffitti/maxima)
Japanese: オオカナダガン (moffitti/maxima), カナダガン (moffitti/maxima), カナダガン (亜種オオカナダガン)
Scientific: Branta canadensis [moffitti or maxima], Branta canadensis moffitti, Branta canadensis moffitti/maxima, Branta maxima agassizensis, Branta maxima belli, Branta maxima codyi, Branta maxima coloradoensis, Branta maxima hindi, Branta maxima mississippiensis, Branta maxima missouriensis, Branta maxima ohioensis, Branta maxima verendryei
Lithuanian: Kanadinė berniklė (moffitti/maxima)
Dutch: Grote Canadese Gans (moffitti/maxima), Moffit canada gans
Norwegian: kanadagås (moffitti/maxima)
Polish: bernikla kanadyjska (moffitti/maxima)
Portuguese (Portugal): Ganso-do-canadá (moffitti/maxima)
Russian: Канадская казарка (moffitti/maxima)
Slovak: bernikla Moffitova, bernikla Moffitova (skup.)
Slovenian: Kanadska gos (moffitti/maxima)
Serbian: Kanadska guska (moffitti/maxima)
Swedish: kanadagås (moffitti/maxima)
Turkish: Kanada Kazı (moffitti/maxima)
Chinese: 加拿大黑雁 (moffitti/maxima)

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