CANADA GOOSE

Photographed at Tauranga, New Zealand, June 2017

(*  308)               CANADA GOOSE                Branta canadensis 

NEW ZEALAND               58

Found in high-country pastures, freshwater lakes and margins, and coastal lagoons. 83 cm. Common North American introduction found throughout the country.

CANADA GOOSE

Photographed in York, England

308            CANADA GOOSE             Branta canadensis

Britain          (8)

Native to Arctic and temperate regions of North America, it sometimes migrates to northern Europe and has been introduced to Britain and New Zealand. Has adapted well to human altered areas and so established itself in rural and urban areas, sometimes considered a pest. Most hunted bird in North America. 75-110 cm, wingspan 127-185 cm.