Branta canadensis asiatica Aldrich, 1946:95
Bering Canada goose
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Branta hutchinsii asiatica Aldrich, 1946:95
Conservation Status
Extinct
Last record: 1911 (collected); 7 February 1929 (sighting)
IUCN RedList status: Extinct
There have been numerous post-1929 sightings, however none of these are widely accepted.
Distribution
Bering Sea region
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Aldrich, John Warren. (1946). Speciation in the White-cheeked Geese. Wilson Bulletin 58(2): 94-103.
Other references:
BirdLife International. (2012). Branta canadensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 27 August 2013.
Delacour, J. and Scott, P. (1954-64). The Waterfowl of the World, 4 vols. London: Country Life.
Fuller, Errol. (2000). Extinct birds. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
King, W. B. (1981). Endangered Birds of the World: the ICBP "Bird Red Data Book. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press / International Council for Bird Preservation.
Palmer, R. S. (ed.) (1976). Handbook of North American Birds, 3 vols. New Haven: Yale University Press.
Szabo JK, Khwaja N, Garnett ST, Butchart SHM. (2012). Global Patterns and Drivers of Avian Extinctions at the Species and Subspecies Level. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47080.
Todd, F. S. (1979). Waterfowl: Ducks, Geese and Swans of the World. London: Sea World Press.
Young, H. Glyn, Tonge, Simon J. and Hume, Julian Pender. (1996). Review of Holocene wildfowl extinctions. Wildfowl 47: 167-181.