Branta canadensis (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Canada Goose)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)
Genus	Branta (a genus of geese)
Family	ANATIDAE (wildfowl: ducks, geese, mergansers and swans)
Order	ANSERIFORMES (ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)
Class	AVES (birds)
Superclass	TETRAPODA (a superclass of unassigneds)
Phylum	CHORDATA (vertebrates)
Superphylum	DEUTEROSTOMIA (deuterostomes)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Branta canadensis is also a member of:
Geese - Geese (via Branta)

Records of Branta canadensis (Canada Goose) :
1: Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)
5 Nov 2017	OSGR: TQ38	51° 30’ N, 0° 0’ W	Vice County: South Essex (VC 18)	England
small group, feeding on grass beside reservoir
$Image 12: Pair of geese - perched at water\'s edge - lateral views$

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Gates, N., Wade, M., Ames, V. & McKee, K.		Canada Goose

Branta canadensis (Canada Goose) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

ANSERIFORMES
(ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl)

AVES
(birds)

CHORDATA
(vertebrates)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

Branta canadensis is also a member of:

Identification Works

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