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Table 1 Current taxonomy for the True Geese (tribe Anserini), previously published in Ottenburghs et al. (2016)

From: A history of hybrids? Genomic patterns of introgression in the True Geese

English Name

Scientific Name

Subspecies

Genus ANSER

 Swan Goose

Anser cygnoides

 

 Taiga Bean Goose

Anser fabalis

A. f. fabalis

A. f. johanseni

A. f. middendorffii

 Tundra Bean Goose

Anser serrirostris

A. s. rossicus

A. s. serrirostris

 Pink-footed Goose

Anser brachyrhynchus

 

 Greater White-fronted Goose

Anser albifrons

A. a. albifrons (Eurasian)

A. a. flavirostris (Greenland)

A. a. gambeli (Western)

A. a. frontalis (Western)

A. a. elgasi (Tule)

 Lesser White-fronted Goose

Anser erythropus

 

 Greylag Goose

Anser anser

A. a. anser (European)

A. a. rubrirostris (Siberian)

 Bar-headed Goose

Anser indicus

 

 Emperor Goose

Anser canagicus

 

 Snow Goose

Anser caerulescens

A. c. caerulescens

A. c. atlantica

 Ross’ Goose

Anser rossii

 

Genus BRANTA

 Brent Goose

Branta bernicla

B. b. bernicla (Dark-bellied)

B. b. hrota (Pale-bellied or Atlantic)

B. b. nigricans (Black)

B. b. orientalis

 Barnacle Goose

Branta leucopsis

 

 Cackling Goose

Branta hutchinsii

B. h. leucopareia (Aleutian)

B. h. hutchinsii (Richardson’s)

B. h. minima (Minima)

B. h. taverneri (Taverner’s)

 Canada Goose

Branta canadensis

B. c. moffitti

B. c. maxima

B. c. occidentalis

B. c. fulva

B. c. canadensis

B. c. interior

B. c. parvipes

 Hawaiian Goose

Branta sandvicensis

 

 Red-breasted Goose

Branta ruficollis

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