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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Small Canada Goose


For the last 2 days (at least) there has been a Small Canada Goose (?Minima sp) at Llyn Coed-y-Dinas. As the photo shows, it is often with the Barnacle and slightly smaller than it with a darker chest/neck, more white on face and a stubby bill compared to the nominate species. Any experts out there to discuss the ID? I wonder where all these "escapes" come from?
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  1. Emyr27 April 2011 at 08:02

    Chris - we used to have one at Porthmadog Cob for years, also as a kid in the 70's I saw a few on the Foryd near Caernarfon.
    I used to call them Taverner's Goose but with the advent of DNA analysis recently the 'splitters' are having a field day with several species and sub-species now classified.
    Sibley wrote a great article on this recently ..

    http://www.sibleyguides.com/2007/07/identification-of-cackling-and-canada-goose/

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