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Ross's Goose

Anser rossii

1,467Records since 2000
JanuaryPeak month
34Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan291
Feb202
Mar114
Apr48
May52
Jun33
Jul21
Aug52
Sep96
Oct196
Nov184
Dec178

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Gloucestershire England890
2Norfolk England134
3Cambridgeshire England81
4Oxfordshire England59
5Dumfries and Galloway Scotland56
6Sefton England29
7Shetland Islands —26
8South Ayrshire Scotland14
9Fife Scotland9
10East Dunbartonshire Scotland8
11East Ayrshire Scotland7
12East Lothian Scotland6
13Aberdeenshire Scotland6
14North Lincolnshire England6
15Suffolk England5
1,316 England147 Scotland1 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 34 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
1,467
Peak month
January
Counties with records
34
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Anser rossii
Group
Birds
NBN Atlas records since 2000
214
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Anseriformes
Family
Anatidae
Genus
Anser
Name with authority
Anser rossii Cassin, 1861
Described
1861
Contributing datasets
7

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q244320 · GBIF 2498161