Snow Goose / Anser caerulescens LC

Synonyms Greater Snow Goose, Lesser Snow Goose, Blue-winged Goose, Blue Goose
Old latin name for bird Anser hyperboreus, Anas caerulescens, Chen caerulescens, Chen hyperborea

Snow Goosebird sounds *

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Call, © Thomas G. Graves
United States
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Alarm call, call, flight call, © Denis Provencher
Canada
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Call, © Thomas G. Graves
United States
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Flight call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Flight call, © Paul Marvin
United States
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Flight call, © Thomas G. Graves
United States
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Alarm call, call, flight call, © Valerie Heemstra
United States
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Alarm call, call, flight call, © Denis Provencher
Canada
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Call, flight call, © Thomas G. Graves
United States
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Flight call, © Paul Marvin
United States

* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

Related species

Pink-footed Goose

Swan Goose

Lesser White-fronted Goose

Where to see Snow Goose

Breeding region Eurasia, North America
Breeding subregion ne Siberia through n Alaska (USA) and n Canada to nw Greenland
Non breeding region s, w USA and n Mexico

Snow Goose subspecies (2)

Subspecies	Breeding subregion	Nonbreeding subregion	Extinct
Anser caerulescens atlanticus	ne Canada and nw Greenland	ne USA	No
Anser caerulescens caerulescens	ne Siberia, n Alaska (USA) and nw Canada	s USA, n Mexico and Japan	No

Species Name in Other Languages

Language	Translation
Afrikaans	Sneeugans
Albanian	Pata e bardhë
Azerbaijani	adi ağqaz, Ağ qaz, Аğ qaş
Bashkir	аҡ ҡаҙ
Basque	Elur-antzara, Oca de les neus
Belarusian	Белы гусь, Белая гусь
Bengali	তুলায যাজ঴াুঁ঳
Breton	Gwaz-erc'hegi, Ar waz-erc'hegi
Bulgarian	Снежна гъска
Catalan	oca de les neus
Chinese	[bai yan], 雪雁, [xue-yan], 考雁, 白雁, [kao yan]
Chinese (Traditional)	白雁, 考雁, 雪雁
Chuvash	шурă хур
Cree	wêhwêw, we wheoo
Croatian	snježna guska, Bela guska, Sniježna guska
Czech	husa snìžní, Husa snežní, husa sněžní
Danish	Blå Snegås, Snegås
Dutch	Sneeuw Gans, Sneeuwgans
Esperanto	Neĝansero
Estonian	lumehani, Lume-hani
Faroese	Snjógás
Finnish	lumihanhi
French	Oie blanche, Oie des neiges, Oie bleue
Frisian	Sniegoes
Galician	Oca de les neus, Ganso das neves
German	Schneegans
Greek	Λευκόχηνα
Hebrew	אוז שלג, אווז שלג
Hungarian	sarki lúd
Icelandic	Snjógæs
Inuktitut	Kangu, Kangoq
Irish	Gé Shneachta
Italian	Oca delle nevi
Japanese	ハクガン
Kazakh	Ақ қаз, аққаз
Korean	흰기러기
Latvian	sniega zoss
Lithuanian	Sniegine žasis, snieginė žąsis, Baltoji žąsis, Baltoji žaćsis
Luxembourgish	Schnéigäns
Macedonian	Снежна гуска
Manx	Guiy sniaghtee
Mongolian	канад галуу, Цагаан галуу
Northern Sami	Muohtačuonjá
Norwegian	snøgås
Norwegian Nynorsk	Snøgås
Polish	śnieżyca, Ges sniezna, sniezyca duza, śnieżyca duża, Gęś śnieżna, sniezyca, śnieżyca (gęś śnieżna)
Portuguese	ganso-das-neves
Romanian	Gâscă de zăpadă
Romansh	Auca da la naiv
Russian	Белый гусь, Гусь белый
Serbian	Snežna guska, Бела гуска
Slovak	Snežnica čiernokrâdla, hus snežná, Snežnica čiernokrídla
Slovenian	snežna gos, Bela gos
Spanish	Ànsar nival, Ansar Nival, Ganso Nival, Ánsar nival, Ganso, Ganso Blanco, Ganso Azul, Ánsar hiperbóreo
Swedish	snögås
Tatar	ак каз
Turkish	Ak kazı, Kar Kazı
Ukrainian	гуска біла, Біла гуска
Uzbek	оқ ғоз
Welsh	Gŵydd yr eira