Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) Science Article 1 abstract Water suppliers have often implicated roosting birds for fecal contamination of their surface waters. Geese and gulls have been the primary targets of this blame although literature documenting the fecal coliform content of these birds is quite limited. To determine the actual fecal coliform concentrations of these […]
Tag: Branta canadensis
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis)
[order] ANSERIFORMES | [family] Anatidae | [latin] Branta canadensis | [authority] Linnaeus, 1758 | [UK] Canada Goose | [FR] Bernache du Canada | [DE] Kanadagans | [ES] Barnacla Canadiense | [NL] Canadese Gans Subspecies Monotypic species Genus The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. […]