Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Canada_Goose/id

Scientific:
Branta canadensis

Order:
Anseriformes
Family:
Anatidae
Genus:
Branta

Danish: Canadagås

Greenlandic: Nedlenuk, Nookliuk

Length: 29.9-43.3 in (76-110 cm)

Weight: 105.8-317.5 oz (3000-9000 g)

Wingspan: 50.0-66.9 in (127-170 cm)

Elias A. Ryberg, XC412644. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/412644.

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018).

Mowbray, Thomas B., Craig R. Ely, James S. Sedinger and Robert E. Trost. 2002. Canada Goose (Branta canadensis), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (P. G. Rodewald, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York, USA.

Sibley, David Allen. 2014. The Sibley guide to birds, second edition. Alfred A Knopf, New York.

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