#0845 · 🐦 birds
Ross's Goose
🇳🇱 Ross' Gans ·Anser rossii
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what is it?
The Ross's goose ( Anser rossii ) is a North American species of goose.
base stats
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).
fun facts
- Spotted 11 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 7,709 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs up to about 1.7 kg.
- Scientifically named by John Cassin in 1861 (165 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Ross's Goose
- Nederlands
- Ross' Gans
- scientific name
- Anser rossii
- class
- Aves
- order
- Anseriformes
- family
- Anatidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 11
- sightings in Europe
- 146
- sightings worldwide
- 7,709
- GBIF records in NL
- 4,955
- weight
- 1.7 kg
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1861 by John Cassin
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Anatidae
#0532 📷 9Mallard
🇳🇱 Wilde Eend
Anas platyrhynchos
LC 👀 9k in NL
#0535 📷 9Greylag Goose
🇳🇱 Grauwe Gans
Anser anser
LC 👀 6.1k in NL
#0537 📷 10Egyptian Goose
🇳🇱 Nijlgans
Alopochen aegyptiaca
LC 👀 5.2k in NL
#0544 📷 9Mute Swan
🇳🇱 Knobbelzwaan
Cygnus olor
LC 👀 3.9k in NL
#0545 📷 8Tufted Duck
🇳🇱 Kuifeend
Aythya fuligula
LC 👀 3.6k in NL
#0555 📷 10Gadwall
🇳🇱 Krakeend
Mareca strepera
LC 👀 2.5k in NL
#0558 📷 10Canada Goose
🇳🇱 Grote Canadese gans
Branta canadensis
LC 👀 2.3k in NL
#0560 📷 10Common Shelduck
🇳🇱 Bergeend
Tadorna tadorna
LC 👀 2.2k in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 558427, Wikidata Q244320, GBIF 2498161, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.