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The snow goose is a species of goose native to North America. Both white and dark morphs exist, the latter often known as blue goose. Its name derives from the typically white plumage. The species was previously placed in the genus Chen, but is now typically included in the "gray goose" genus Anser.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 2.64 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Snow goose
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass2.64 kgAVONETDetails βHide β
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Tail length0.12 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Wing length0.41 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Beak length0.06 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Tarsus length0.08 mAVONETDetails βHide β
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Trophic levelHerbivoreAVONETDetails βHide β
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HabitatGrasslandAVONETDetails βHide β
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LifestyleTerrestrialAVONETDetails βHide β
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Volume l2.6 LaverageDetails βHide β
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Snow goose yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- βΊphylumChordata
- βΊclassAves
- βΊorderAnseriformes
- βΊfamilyAnatidae
- βΊgenusAnser
- βΊspeciesAnser caerulescens
- classBirds Β· Aves
- orderDucks, geese & swans Β· Anseriformes
- subfamilyAnserinae
- genusAnser
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds Β· Aves
- superorderGalloanserae
- orderDucks, geese & swans Β· Anseriformes
- familyAnatidae
- subfamilyAnserinae
- genusAnser
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