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Branta and Goose

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Difference between Branta and Goose

Branta vs. Goose

The black geese of the genus Branta are waterfowl belonging to the true geese and swans subfamily Anserinae. Geese are waterfowl of the family Anatidae.

Similarities between Branta and Goose

Branta and Goose have 16 things in common (in Unionpedia): Anser (bird), Anseriformes, Anserinae, Canada goose, Extinction, Fossil, Genus, Handbook of the Birds of the World, Hawaiian Islands, List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species, North America, Old Norse, Shelduck, Southern Hemisphere, Subfossil, Swan.

Anser (bird)

The waterfowl genus Anser includes all grey geese (and sometimes the white geese).

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Anseriformes

Anseriformes is an order of birds that comprise about 180 living species in three families: Anhimidae (the screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.

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Anserinae

The Anserinae are a subfamily in the waterfowl family Anatidae.

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Canada goose

The Canada goose (Branta canadensis), also called the Canadian goose, is a large wild goose species with a black head and neck, white cheeks, white under its chin, and a brown body.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Fossil

A fossil (from Classical Latin fossilis; literally, "obtained by digging") is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age.

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Genus

A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.

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Handbook of the Birds of the World

The Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) is a multi-volume series produced by the Spanish publishing house Lynx Edicions in partnership with BirdLife International.

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Hawaiian Islands

The Hawaiian Islands (Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some from the island of Hawaiokinai in the south to northernmost Kure Atoll.

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List of Late Quaternary prehistoric bird species

Prehistoric birds are various taxa of birds that have become extinct before recorded history, or more precisely, before they could be studied alive by ornithologists.

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North America

North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere; it is also considered by some to be a northern subcontinent of the Americas.

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Old Norse

Old Norse was a North Germanic language that was spoken by inhabitants of Scandinavia and inhabitants of their overseas settlements from about the 9th to the 13th century.

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Shelduck

The shelducks, most species found in the genus Tadorna (except for the Radjah shelduck (Radjah radjah), which is now found in its own monotypic genus), are a group of large birds in the Tadorninae subfamily of the Anatidae, the biological family that includes the ducks and most duck-like waterfowl such as the geese and swans.

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Southern Hemisphere

The Southern Hemisphere is the half of Earth that is south of the Equator.

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Subfossil

A subfossil (as opposed to a fossil) is a bone or other part of an organism that has not fully fossilized.

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Swan

Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus.

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Branta and Goose Comparison

Branta has 54 relations, while Goose has 72. As they have in common 16, the Jaccard index is 12.70% = 16 / (54 + 72).

References

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