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Metadata
Title: Emperor Geese at Shoreline
Alternative Title: Chen canagica
Creator: Dewhurst, Donna A.
Source: AK/RO/03205
Publisher: (none)
Contributor: ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: birds, goose, waterfowl
Description Abstract: Donna Dewhurst Collection
Date Created: May 01 1992
The Emperor Goose (Chen canagica) is a species of goose. It breeds around the Bering Sea, mostly in Alaska, USA, but also in Kamchatka, Russia. It is migratory, wintering mainly in the Aleutian Islands. Some authorities places this species in the more traditional grey goose genus Anser. |
