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Ross's Goose Anser rossii
Status
Category A and E*
Native Range
North America. Breeds in northern Canada and winters in the southern United States.
Conservation Status
Least Concern
British Occurrence
NBN atlas has 2,220 records as at end 2024. Map Here.
Occurs commonly in captivity where it often breeds and is well known to escape.
<For a long time this species was on Category E only but it was later placed also on Category D. In 2021, following a review of the guidance to deciding the wild or escaped status of wildfowl, a bird seen at Plex Moss, Lancashire 5th December to 17th January 1970 and in subsequent years until Janury 1974 was promoted to Category A (though it remains also on Category E).
Ross's Goose is a long-distance migrant and the population has grown massively in recent decades.
