Branta canadensis

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Branta canadensis - common greyish-brown wild goose of North America with a loud, trumpeting call

Canada goose, Canadian goose, honker

goose - web-footed long-necked typically gregarious migratory aquatic birds usually larger and less aquatic than ducks

Branta, genus Branta - wild geese

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(7) Infiltrative lipomas have been reported in avian medicine, invading the body wall musculature in a conure (Aratinga acuticaudata) and the lumbosacral vertebrae in a Canada goose (Branta canadensis).

Multiple Infiltrative Intraosseous Lipomas in the Appendicular Skeleton of a Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla) with a Humeral Fracture

The population of Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) has also increased, and the Giant Canada Goose (B.

Nesting of Barnacle Goose (Branta leucopsis) in the Russian Part of the Gulf of Finland

In previous studies, numerous avian species like European starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), house sparrows (Passer domesticus), feral pigeons (Columba livia), red- winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), common grackles (Quiscalus quiscula), brown headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater), American kestrels (Falco sparverius), Canada geese (Branta canadensis), mallards (Anas platyrhynchos), cedar waxwings (Bomby cillacedrorum) and yellow-headed blackbirds (Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus) also showed the similar results and suppress the depredations when seeds treated with anthraquinone and methylanthranilate were provided to the birds (Cummings et al., 1998).

Short Communication - Effectiveness of Methylanthranilate and Anthraquinone as Repellent against House Crows (Corvus splendens) on Wheat Seeds and Seedlings in Captivity

Preliminary results show that a putative source of fecal contamination, resident Canada geese (Branta canadensis), can be distinguished apart from human contamination based on antibiotic resistance pattern disparities.

Host origin analysis of fecal microbes

Perhaps the ultimate success story of wildlife adapting to urban, man-directed sites is the non-migratory Canada goose (Branta canadensis maxima).

Backyard for the birds: how urban birds decide where to feed and nest in our neighborhoods

When reporting other species, we used the classification system that existed at the time (American Ornithologists' Union, 1998), which listed Canada geese (Branta canadensis) as a single species.

Comparative spring-staging ecology of sympatric arctic-nesting geese in south-central Nebraska

DNA Fingerprinting of Michigan Migratory Waterfowl: Canada Geese (Branta Canadensis).

Environmental science & ecology

harwoodi Bullock, 1952 in Branta canadensis from N.

CATATROPIS SP. (TREMATODA: NOTOCOTYLIDAE) FROM THE BLACK COOT, FULICA ATRA LINNAEUS, 1758 (GRUIFORMES: RALLIDAE) IN SINDH PROVINCE OF PAKISTAN

A: There are 10 recognized races, also called subspecies, of Canada goose (Branta canadensis), ranging from the 12-plus pound giant Canada (B.c.

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Aleutian Canada goose (Branta canadensis leucopareia)

U.S. and Russia unite for conservation

Depending on which expert you talk to, there are as many as 11 subspecies of Branta canadensis, the Canada goose.