Emperor Goose
From Natural History of Southeast Alaska
Locale | Sp | Su | F | W | Br |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SE Alaska (edit) | VR | + | + | + | - |
Yakutat (edit) | - | - | C | C | - |
Skagway (edit) | - | - | - | - | - |
Haines (edit) | - | - | - | - | - |
Glacier Bay (edit) | VR | - | - | + | - |
Juneau (edit) | VR | - | + | - | - |
Sitka (edit) | + | - | - | + | - |
Stikine (edit) | |||||
S Outer Islands (edit) | |||||
Ketchikan (edit) | - | - | - | - | - |
Offshore (edit) |
Listed as Common in Yakutat during Fall and Winter (check this). Very Rare in spring at Glacier Bay and Juneau (Accidental in Sitka). Accidental in Fall (Juneau) and winter (Sitka). No reports from south of Sitka or from upper Lynn Canal.
- Cornell BoW site shows the typical winter range of this species extending as far east as Kodiak Island and Cook Inlet. Yakutat checklist lists as Common in Fall and Winter?
- Summer record in Southeast - from older GB list -> 2010 SE list?
SEAK QBR Mentions:
- W2008-2009 (Yakutat - 22 January 2009, photo)
- W2016-2017(Gustavus - 17-19 December 2016 - mentions probably fewer than 15 SEAK records)
Other Records
- Webster cites three Sitka records, Dec '83-Apr '84, Winter 77-78, 23-30 Dec '99
- GB May 1970:
- GB Dec 2016: https://ebird.org/checklist/S33104160
- Juneau Sep 2005: https://ebird.org/checklist/S11118869
- Juneau Spring 1969: https://ebird.org/checklist/S8694152 ("here for several weeks")
Southeast Alaska Quarterly Bird Report Mentions (2008-2018, Heinl and Piston)
- Winter 2008-09: One was photographed at Yakutat on 22 January 2009 (F. Latham, R. Johnson; Figure 1). This Beringian species regularly winters as far east as Kodiak and Afognak islands; in some winters, small numbers occur east to Cook Inlet and along the Gulf of Alaska coast (Petersen et al. 1994). This species is casual in Southeast Alaska during the winter.
- Winter 2016-17: An Emperor Goose was a nice find at Gustavus 17−19 December 2016 (NKD, photo). This Beringian species winters regularly east to the Kodiak Island area (Schmutz et al. 2011); it is casual or rare (Isleib and Kessel 1989) farther east along the Gulf Coast to Prince William Sound and casual in Southeast Alaska, where there are probably 15 or fewer records.
Local Notes
- Glacier Bay/Emperor Goose: (edit)
- Haines/Emperor Goose: Not known to occur (edit)
- Juneau/Emperor Goose: (edit)
- Ketchikan/Emperor Goose: Not known to occur (edit)
- Sitka/Emperor Goose: Only a few records, though when they show up, they seem to stay for an extended period. Marge Ward noted that on the two different occasions she observed this species locally, it seemed as though one member of a small group was injured and/or sick, so she thought the others may have remained to stay with the unhealthy bird. (edit)
- Skagway/Emperor Goose: Not known to occur (edit)
- Yakutat/Emperor Goose: (edit)
References
Weblinks
- All About Birds Page for Emperor Goose
- Search Arctos Database for Emperor Goose (Southeast only)
- Search Arctos Database for Emperor Goose (entire database)
- Encyclopedia of Life search for Chen canagica
- iNaturalist Observations for Chen canagica in Southeast Alaska
Other References