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Metadata
Title: Emperor Goose and Nest
Alternative Title: Chen canagica
Creator: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Source: AK/RO/03077
Publisher: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Contributor: ASSISTANT REGIONAL DIRECTOR-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Language: EN - ENGLISH
Rights: (public domain)
Audience: (general)
Subject: Refuges, Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge, Species, Animals, Birds, Alaska Slide Show
Date Issued: June 18 2002
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. |
