#0558 · 🐦 birds

Canada Goose

🇳🇱 Grote Canadese gans ·Branta canadensis

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands (introduced)

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what is it?

The Canada goose ( Branta canadensis ) is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. Native to arctic and temperate regions of North America, its migration occasionally reaches northern Europe. It has been introduced to the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Argentina, Chile, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; it tends to be found on...

base stats

NL sightings 2,336iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 492,721iNaturalist observations
weight 5 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).

fun facts

Spotted 2,336 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #27 most seen of the birds in NL.
492,721 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 5 kg.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.