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Metadata
Title: Snow Geese in Sunset
Alternative Title: Chen caerulescens
Creator: Stolz, Gary M.
Source: WO8099-004
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: DIVISION OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Animals, Birds, Migratory birds, New Mexico, Wildlife, waterfowl
Date Issued: November 01 2001
The snow goose (Chen caerulescens), consisting of both a white phase and blue phase (Blue Goose), is a North American species of goose commonly collectively referred to as "light geese". Its name derives from the typically white plumage. Some authorities place this species in the more traditional grey goose genus Anser. |
