Classification

Name

Notes

Kingdom

Animalia

Animals: Multicelular systems that feed by ingestion.

Subkingdom

Eumetazoa

Animals with bodies made of two or more symmetrical sides.

Branch

Bilateria

Body with two symmetrical opposing sides.

Phylum

Chordata

Chordates

Subphylum

Vertebrata

Vertebrates

Superclass

Gnathostomata

Vertebrates with jaws.

Class

Aves

Birds: Vertebrates with feathers.

Superorder

Neognathae

Birds of Flight

Order

Anseriformes

Waterfowl & Screamers

Family

Anatidae

Waterfowl

Subfamily

Anserinae

Swans (Cygnini) and Geese (Anserini)

Tribe

Anserini

Geese

Genus

Chen

Geese

Species

Chen caerulescens

Snow Goose

Subspecie

Distribution

Chen caerulescens caerulescens
Linnaeus, 1758

Lesser Snow Goose
Most of the ones that nest on Siberia and Alaska winter in California (Central Valley); some make it to northern central Mexico and the Coast of Cortes Sea.
The ones that nest in the Hudson Bay and Baffin Island winter in the US coast in the Gulf of Mexico, some make it to the Atlantic Coast and others go further south on the Gulf to reach Mexico.

Chen caerulescens atlantica
Kennard, 1927

Greater Snow Goose
Nests in artic Canada and in Greenland. Winters in northeast North America.