#0808 · 🐦 birds

Snow Goose

🇳🇱 Sneeuwgans ·Anser caerulescens

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Miguel A Mejias, PhD. · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Craig Chaddock · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Cricket Raspet · CC BY 4.0
4. © Edith St-Martin · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Javier Cruz Nieto · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Marisa · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Scharendijke, Nederland:© Goossens Norbert · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Reimerswaal, NL-ZE, NL:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Zevenhoven, Nederland:© jelmer_volkstedt · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. 9981 Uithuizen, Nederland:© KJ · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The snow goose ( Anser caerulescens ), consisting of both a white phase and blue phase (Blue Goose), is a North American species of goose commonly collectively referred to as "light geese". Its name derives from the typically white plumage. Many taxonomic authorities placed this species and the other "white geese" in the Chen genus,. Most authorities now follow the traditional treatment of placing these species in the "gray goose" genus Anser . The scientific name is from the...

base stats

NL sightings 20iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 38,772iNaturalist observations
weight 2.6 kgadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).