Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered

KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumChordata (Chordates)
ClassAves (Birds)
OrderAnseriformes (Waterfowl)
FamilyAnatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
GenusBranta (Black Geese)
SpeciesBranta canadensis (Canada Goose)

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

at Egmont National Park

4 Verified sightings at Egmont National Park From 2019 to 2026

64,512 Verified sightings across all 56 parks From 2019 to 2026

☀️ Diurnal When it's spotted during daytime hours (6am–6pm)

About the Canada Goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis) is a large species of goose with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body. It is native to the Arctic and temperate regions of North America, and it is occasionally found during migration across the Atlantic in northern Europe. It has been introduced to France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Scandinavia, New Zealand, Japan, Chile, Argentina, and the Falkland Islands. Like most geese, the Canada goose is primarily herbivorous and normally migratory; often found on or close to fresh water, the Canada goose is also common in brackish marshes, estuaries, and lagoons.

Adept at living in human-altered areas, Canada geese have established breeding colonies in urban and cultivated habitats, which provide food and have few natural predators. The success of this common park species has led to it often being considered a pest species. This is because of its excrement, its depredation of crops, its noise, its aggressive territorial behavior toward both humans and other animals, and its habit of stalking and begging for food. The last is a result of humans not following artificial feeding policies toward wild animals.

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Closest Relatives at Egmont National Park

LC Endemic

Tadorna variegata

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

Anas platyrhynchos

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

EN Endemic

Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos

Daily sighting probability ~20% · Possible

Cairina moschata

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

LC Endemic

Cereopsis novaehollandiae

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

LC Endemic

Cygnus atratus

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Cygnus olor

Daily sighting probability Insufficient data

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Daily sighting probability
1	Elk Island National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~70%
2	Point Pelee National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~70%
3	Yellowstone National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~60%
4	Riding Mountain National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~50%
5	Grand Teton National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~50%
6	Isle Royale National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~50%
7	Wood Buffalo National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~40%
8	Snowdonia National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~40%
9	Voyageurs National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~40%
10	Jasper National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~40%
11	Great Bear Rainforest	🇨🇦 Canada	~40%
12	Shenandoah National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
13	Aoraki Mount Cook National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~30%
14	Fiordland National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~30%
15	Banff National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~30%
16	Glacier National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
17	Rocky Mountain National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
18	Great Smoky Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~30%
19	Acadia National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
20	Olympic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
21	Cape Breton Highlands National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
22	Gros Morne National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	~20%
23	Joshua Tree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~20%
24	Wadden Sea National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	~10%
25	Wrangell-St. Elias National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
26	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
27	Zion National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
28	Abel Tasman National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~10%
29	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
30	Pacific Rim National Park Reserve	🇨🇦 Canada	~10%
31	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
32	Tongariro National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~10%
33	Death Valley National Park	🇺🇸 United States	~10%
34	Arthur's Pass National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	~10%
35	Cairngorms National Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	~10%
36	Yosemite National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
37	Katmai National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
38	Kluane National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	<5%
39	Bavarian Forest National Park	🇩🇪 Germany	<5%
40	Congaree National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
41	Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
42	Grand Canyon National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
43	Kenai Fjords National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
44	Biebrza National Park	🇵🇱 Poland	<5%
45	Vatnajokull National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	<5%
46	Saguaro National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
47	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	<5%
48	Thingvellir National Park	🇮🇸 Iceland	Insufficient data
49	Gates of the Arctic National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
50	Nahanni National Park	🇨🇦 Canada	Insufficient data
51	Egmont National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
52	Rakiura National Park	🇳🇿 New Zealand	Insufficient data
53	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	Insufficient data
54	Guadalupe Mountains National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
55	Denali National Park	🇺🇸 United States	Insufficient data
56	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	Insufficient data

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Canada Goose

About the Canada Goose

Closest Relatives at Egmont National Park

Paradise Shelduck

Mallard

Blue Duck

Muscovy Duck

Cape Barren Goose

Black Swan

Mute Swan

Global Distribution

Parks Where Found